Geheimdienst

German

Etymology

Compound of geheim (“secret”) +‎ Dienst (“service”), literally “secret service”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡəˈhaɪ̯mˌdiːnst/
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Noun

Geheimdienst m (strong, genitive Geheimdienstes, plural Geheimdienste)

intelligence agency, secret agency, intelligence service
Synonym: Nachrichtendienst

Declension

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Further reading

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

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