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] Hyphenation: Ge‧ne‧ral‧gou‧ver‧ne‧ment === Noun === Generalgouvernement n (strong, genitive Generalgouvernements, plural Generalgouvernements) (government) large administrative region, usually of provisional nature ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Generalgouverneur === Proper noun === das Generalgouvernement n (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Generalgouvernements) (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 === “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