Staatssicherheit

German

Etymology

From Staat (“state”) +‎ -s- +‎ Sicherheit (“security”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃtaːtsˌzɪçɐhaɪ̯t/
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Noun

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national security
(Ministry for) State Security, secret police and intelligence organization of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
Synonyms: Stasi f, MfS n, Ministerium für Staatssicherheit n

Declension

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Further reading

“Staatssicherheit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Staatssicherheit” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Staatssicherheit” in Duden online
Staatssicherheit on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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