amt
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
amt (plural amts)
- Abbreviation of amount.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
amt (plural amts)
- (historical) A county in Denmark.
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German ambt, ambt, ambacht, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją, cognate with German Amt (“office”), Old Norse embætti. Doublet of embede (see more there).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
amt n (singular definite amtet, plural indefinite amter)
- county (a first level country division in Denmark from 1662–2007)
Declension edit
Declension of amt
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- amt on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
- (historical) len (“fief”)
- (currently) administrative subdivision
Vilamovian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German ambaht.
Noun edit
amt n