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Amt

See also: amt and AMT

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German ambahte, ambehte, ambet, ammet, ampt, ambt, amt, from Old High German ambahti, ambaht, from Proto-West Germanic *ambaht, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz, from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos.

The Middle High German contracted form amb(e)t developed quite regularly, via also attested ammet or ambt, into modern German Amt. Cognate with Dutch ambacht and ambt, Swedish ämbete, and Finnish ammatti, as well as English ambassador and embassy.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /amt/, [amt], [ampt]
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Noun

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Amt n (strong, genitive Amtes or Amts, plural Ämter)

  1. agency; department; office (state institution responsible for specified concerns)
  2. office; post (public function, e.g. of a civil servant)
  3. (Roman Catholicism, chiefly in compounds) mass; office
  4. (now Switzerland, Germany historical) administrative unit (of a country); district

Declension

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Declension of Amt [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Amt die Ämter
genitive eines des Amtes, Amts der Ämter
dative einem dem Amt, Amte1 den Ämtern
accusative ein das Amt die Ämter

1Now rare, see notes.

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Derived terms

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