how to pronounce police

/poˈliːsə/

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police is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of police in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… weg für diese police klo alkane aus …”

meanings of police

noun:

Insurance policy.

police frequency in german - C2 level of CEFR

the word police occurs in german on average 2.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.