Nomen

das Ministerium für Staatssicherheit

Ministry for State Security, Stasi

Das Ministerium für Staatssicherheit war der Geheimdienst der DDR.

The Ministry for State Security was the secret service of the GDR.

((Noun)) as a historical term Das Ministerium für Staatssicherheit no longer exists.

Polizei (police), Geheimpolizei (secret police)

A compound word: Staat (state) + s (linking element) + Sicherheit (security).

This is the official name for the infamous East German secret police, the 'Stasi'. The name 'Stasi' is an abbreviation of Staatssicherheit.

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