Vogt

English

Etymology

From German Vogt. Doublet of foud.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /voʊt/

Proper noun

Vogt

1. A surname from German.

Anagrams

• GOTV, Gov't, gov't, govt, govt.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German voget, from Old High German fogat, borrowed from Late Latin vocātus, from Classical Latin advocātus. Doublet of Advokat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foːkt/
• IPA^(key): /foːxt/ (Northern and Central Germany, Franconia, Northern Bavaria)

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Noun

Vogt m (strong, genitive Vogts or Vogtes, plural Vögte)

1. (history) steward

Declension

Declension of Vogt [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Vogt	die	Vögte
genitive	eines	des	Vogts, Vogtes	der	Vögte
dative	einem	dem	Vogt, Vogte1	den	Vögten
accusative	einen	den	Vogt	die	Vögte

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Vogtei

Related terms

• Deichvogt
• Erbvogt
• Fronvogt
• Landvogt

Descendants

• → English: Vogt

Proper noun

Vogt m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Vogts or (with an article) Vogt, feminine genitive Vogt, plural Vogts)

1. a surname originating as an occupation

Related terms

• Voigt

Further reading

• “Vogt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Vogt” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Vogt” in Duden online