Gouvernante
German, noun[ɡuvɛʁˈnantə]
Gouvernante is spelled G-O-U-V-E-R-N-A-N-T-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 54,418th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gouvernante is a German feminine noun meaning “governess” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Hauslehrerin, Erzieherin (als Angestellte einer Familie)”.
What does Gouvernante mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedfemininegoverness
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hauslehrerin, Erzieherin (als Angestellte einer Familie) 2. altjüngferlich oder tantenhaft wirkende Frau; meist bevormundend und tugendhaft belehrend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Gouvernante
- Gouvernanten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gouvernante?
- [ɡuvɛʁˈnantə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gouvernante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gouvernante in German?
Gouvernante appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).