🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Regierung

Pronunciation / Transliteration: re-gee-rung

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Gouvernement/ɡuv.ɛʁ.nə.mɑ̃/
nounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #450 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Regierung hat neue Gesetze beschlossen."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The governing body of a nation, state, or community.

    "Le gouvernement a annoncé de nouvelles mesures économiques."
  2. 2

    The system or form by which a community or state is governed.

    "France has a republican form of government."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old French governement, stemming from the Latin gubernare (to steer, direct, or rule), which has roots in the Greek kybernan. Over centuries, the term evolved from the general act of steering or managing a ship to the institutional administration of a state.

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