German

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Etymology

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From Amt +‎ -s- +‎ Träger.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈamtsˌtʁɛːɡɐ/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /ˈamtsˌtʁeːɡɐ/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Amts‧trä‧ger

Noun

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Amtsträger m (strong, genitive Amtsträgers, plural Amtsträger)

  1. authority holder

Declension

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References

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  • Michael Robert, Karin Doerr (2002) Nazi-Deutsch/Nazi-German: An English lexicon of the language of the Third Reich, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 64

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