Generalgouvernement
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From general- (“general”) + Gouvernement (“governorate, provisional administrative unit”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɡenəˈʁaːlɡuvɛʁnəˌmã/, [ɡe.nəˈʁaːl.ɡu.vɛʁ.nəˌmɑ̃ː], [ˌɡɛ-], [ˌɡeː-], [-vɛɐ̯-], [-vɐ-], [-ˌmɔ̃ː], [-ˌmaŋ], [-ˌmɔŋ]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Ge‧ne‧ral‧gou‧ver‧ne‧ment
Noun
[edit]Generalgouvernement n (strong, genitive Generalgouvernements, plural Generalgouvernements)
- (government) large administrative region, usually of provisional nature
Declension
[edit]Declension of Generalgouvernement [neuter, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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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 |
Related terms
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]das Generalgouvernement n (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Generalgouvernements)
- (historical, Nazism) General Government (a former occupation zone in Europe)
Descendants
[edit]- → English: General Government (calque)
- → Polish: Generalne Gubernatorstwo (calque)
- → Russian: Генерал-губернаторство (General-gubernatorstvo) (partial calque)
Further reading
[edit]- “Generalgouvernement” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Generalgouvernement” in Duden online
- “Generalgouvernement”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
- “Generalgouvernement” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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