Where does “Gestapo” come from?

Gestapo comes from German Gestapo, short for German Geheime Staatspolizei, literally meaning secret state police.

Gestapo (English): The secret police of Nazi Germany

Definitions

  1. The secret police of Nazi Germany

Ancestry of “Gestapo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGestapoNazi secret police
2GermanGeheime Staatspolizeisecret state police

Words derived from “Gestapo”

Every word from German Geheime Staatspolizei →Every word from German Gestapo →
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