Gouvernement
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See also: gouvernement and gouvèrnément
German
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French gouvernement.
Pronunciation
Noun
Gouvernement n (strong, genitive Gouvernements, plural Gouvernements)
- (government) colonial government (part of the governance apparatus of a country that governs colonial territories)
- (government) governorate (provincial or local government; the seat of a provincial government)
Declension
Declension of Gouvernement
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Gouvernement | die | Gouvernements |
| genitive | eines | des | Gouvernements | der | Gouvernements |
| dative | einem | dem | Gouvernement | den | Gouvernements |
| accusative | ein | das | Gouvernement | die | Gouvernements |
Further reading
- “Gouvernement” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Gouvernement” in Duden online
- “Gouvernement”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
- “Gouvernement” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon