# Stasi

Stasi is a German proper name meaning “Stasi”.

## In other languages

- Русский: разг. "штази"

## Proper name

1. Stasi
   - Was der Staat heute über die Leute weiß, davon konnte die Stasi nur träumen. — The Stasi could only have dreamt to know as much about people as the government does today.

## Noun

1. _derogatory_ anyone seen as restraining freedom of opinion and speech
   - Die Kommentar-Stasi hat meinen Beitrag gelöscht. — The comment Stasi deleted my post.
2. _derogatory_ anyone seen as violating people's private sphere and/or engaged in excessive data collection
   - Seit seiner Rente spielt mein Vater die Nachbarschaftsstasi. — Since his retirement my father passes his time being the Stasi of the neighbourhood.
3. _colloquial · historical · westdeutsch_ state security man; employee Stasi; Stasi collaborator
   - „Mehrstimmig und lauter als die beste DDR-Hifi-Anlage es vermöchte, schallt den Stasis immer wieder der Refrain entgegen: ‚Völker hört die Signale … die Inernationale erkämpft das Menschenrecht‘.“

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