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ambacht

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch ambacht, from Old Dutch ambacht, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz, from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos. The same source has led to the form ambt. Cognate with German Amt.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑmbɑxt/
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  • Hyphenation: am‧bacht

Noun edit

ambacht n (plural ambachten, diminutive ambachtje n)

  1. handcraft, artisanry
  2. a feudal corporation of craftsmen from one (group of) artisanal profession(s)
    Synonym: ambachtsgilde
  3. (historical) legal district
    1. judicial jurisdiction of a schout (reeve)
    2. a few of the above turned into an allodium
      Synonym: ambachtsheerlijkheid
    3. former (Dutch) district for dike management, notably in West Frisia and until 1864 in Rijnland.

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Descendants edit

  • Afrikaans: ambag
  • → Indonesian: ambah
  • Negerhollands: ambacht

Middle Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Old Dutch ambacht, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz, from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos

Noun edit

ambacht n

  1. job, duty
  2. office, function, post (an official position)
  3. handcraft, artisanry
  4. guild
  5. jurisdiction
  6. area that is under the same jurisdiction

Inflection edit

Declension of ambacht
Singular Plural
nominative ambacht ambachte
accusative ambacht ambachte
genitive ambachts ambachte
dative ambachte ambachten

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