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German
Etymology
Polizei + Mann
Noun
Polizeimann m (strong, genitive Polizeimannes or Polizeimanns, plural Polizeimänner, feminine Polizeifrau)
- (dated) Synonym of Polizist; policeman
c. 1914, Franz Kafka, Der Prozess [The Trial], Berlin: Die Schmiede, published 1925:Die Herren stockten, der Polizeimann schien schon den Mund zu öffnen, da zog K. mit Macht die Herren vorwärts. Öfters drehte er sich vorsichtig um, ob der Polizeimann nicht folge; als sie aber eine Ecke zwischen sich und dem Polizeimann hatten, fing K. zu laufen an, die Herren mußten trotz großer Atemnot auch mit laufen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Polizeimann