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

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)

Further reading

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