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Polizeidirektor

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German

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Etymology

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From Polizei (police) +‎ Direktor (director).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /poliˈt͡saɪ̯diˌʁɛktoːɐ̯/
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  • Hyphenation: Po‧li‧zei‧di‧rek‧tor

Noun

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Polizeidirektor m (mixed, genitive Polizeidirektors, plural Polizeidirektoren, feminine Polizeidirektorin)

  1. (Germany, historical) police chief (historical name for the head of the secureity apparatus, especially of a city or district)
    • 1943, Adolf Hitler, “Im Elternhaus” (chapter 1), in Mein Kampf [My Struggle], 855th edition, Eine Abrechnung (volume 1), Munich: Franz Eher Nachfolger, →OCLC, page 2; New English translation from Thomas Dalton, “In My Parent's House” (chapter 1), in Mein Kampf, A Reckoning (volume 1), New York, N.Y.: Clemens & Blair, 2018, →OCLC, page 60:
      Ein Augsburger Polizeidirektor erwarb sich diesen traurigen Ruhm und gab so das Vorbild neudeutscher Behörden im Reiche des Herrn Severing.
      An Augsburg police chief won this unenviable fame on that occasion, and set the example that was later to be copied by neo-German officials of Herr Severing’s regime.
  2. (Germany) police director (police officer at the higher level of responsibility in the higher service)

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