Amt
German
Alternative forms
- Ambt, Ammt, Ampt (obsolete)
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /amt/, [amt], [ampt]
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Noun
Amt n (strong, genitive Amtes or Amts, plural Ämter)
- agency; department; office (state institution responsible for specified concerns)
- office; post (public function, e.g. of a civil servant)
- (Roman Catholicism, chiefly in compounds) mass; office
- (now Switzerland, Germany historical) administrative unit (of a country); district
Declension
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Hyponyms
- Arbeitsamt n
- Bundesamt n
- Bundeskanzleramt n
- Bundeskartellamt n
- Finanzamt n
- Hochamt n
- Kanzleramt n
- Kartellamt n
- Kriminalamt n
- Ordnungsamt n
- Seelenamt n
- Standesamt n
Related terms
- Amtsanmaßung f
- Amtsantritt m
- Amtsausübung f
- Amtsdauer f
- Amtsende n
- Amtsenthebung
- Amtsgebäude
- Amtsgericht
- Amtshandlung f
- Amtsinhaber m
- Amtskollege m
- Amtsmissbrauch m
- Amtsniederlegung
- Amtsperiode f
- Amtsrücktritt
- Amtsschimmel m
- Amtsstube f
- Amtsverzicht m
Further reading
- “Amt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Amt” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Amt” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Amt” in Duden online
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