Amt

See also: amt and 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-Germanic *ambahtaz, from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos. The Middle High German contracted form ambet developed quite regularly, via also attested ammet or ambt, into modern German Amt. Cognate with Dutch ambacht and ambt. Cognate to English umbe, agent, and ambassador.

Pronunciation

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

Amt n (genitive Amts or Amtes, 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

Declension

Declension of Amt

	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 uncommon, see notes

Derived terms

Amtsanmaßung f
Amtshandlung f
Amtsinhaber m
Amtskollege m
Amtsmissbrauch m
Amtsschimmel m
Amtsstube f
Amtsverzicht m
Arbeitsamt n
Beamter m (Beamte m)
Bundesamt n
Finanzamt n
Hochamt n
Kartellamt n
Ordnungsamt n
amtieren
amtierend
amtlich
Kanzleramt
Kriminalamt
Seelenamt
Standesamt

Further reading

Amt in Duden online

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