Generalgouvernement

German

Etymology

From general- (“general”) +‎ Gouvernement (“governorate, provisional administrative unit”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡenəˈʁaːlɡuvɛʁnəˌmã/, [ɡe.nəˈʁaːl.ɡu.vɛʁ.nəˌmɑ̃ː], [ˌɡɛ-], [ˌɡeː-], [-vɛɐ̯-], [-vɐ-], [-ˌmɔ̃ː], [-ˌmaŋ], [-ˌmɔŋ]
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  • Hyphenation: Ge‧ne‧ral‧gou‧ver‧ne‧ment

Noun

Generalgouvernement n (strong, genitive Generalgouvernements, plural Generalgouvernements)

  1. (government) large administrative region, usually of provisional nature

Declension

Declension of Generalgouvernement [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Generalgouvernement die Generalgouvernements
genitive eines des Generalgouvernements der Generalgouvernements
dative einem dem Generalgouvernement den Generalgouvernements
accusative ein das Generalgouvernement die Generalgouvernements

Proper noun

das Generalgouvernement n (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Generalgouvernements)

  1. (historical, Nazism) General Government (a former occupation zone in Europe)

Descendants

  • → English: General Government (calque)
  • → Polish: Generalne Gubernatorstwo (calque)
  • → Russian: Генерал-губернаторство (General-gubernatorstvo) (partial calque)

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