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The article for

Polizeikontrolle

die Polizeikontrolle

Polizeikontrolle is a feminine German noun. Its article is die.

Plural
die Polizeikontrollen

Learn the noun together with its article. See the article rules.

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Why is it die Polizeikontrolle?

Polizeikontrolle is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: die Kontrolle. So it’s die Polizeikontrolle.

Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Review of people, things or facts by police officers

[1] Überprüfung von Personen, Sachen oder Sachverhalten durch Polizeibeamte

Examples

[1] "One day the youthful son of this family went through the old town and got into a police control"

[1] „Eines Tages sei der jugendliche Sohn dieser Familie durch die Altstadt gegangen und in eine Polizeikontrolle geraten.“

[1] "Angel had done the call, she didn't know exactly who she had spoken to, but this someone had assured her that we were expected to be awaited at the police control on the outskirts" "

[1] „Angel hatte den Anruf erledigt, sie wusste zwar nicht genau, mit wem sie gesprochen hatte, aber dieser Jemand hatte ihr versichert, dass man uns bei der Polizeikontrolle am Stadtrand erwartete.“
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "Until recently, thanks to her beautiful face and girlish smile, she made it with her invalid driver's license through every police inspection"

[1] „Bis vor Kurzem schaffte sie es dank ihres schönen Gesichts und ihres mädchenhaften Lächelns mit ihrem ungültigen Führerschein durch jede Polizeikontrolle.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Polizeikontrolle die Polizeikontrollen
Genitiv der Polizeikontrolle der Polizeikontrollen
Dativ der Polizeikontrolle den Polizeikontrollen
Akkusativ die Polizeikontrolle die Polizeikontrollen

Pronunciation

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