Beamtin

German

Etymology

Irregular formation from beamt (“holding an office”) +‎ -in (“suffix for female nouns”). The regular female nominalisation of beamt is Beamte, the suffix -in is not normally attached to nominalisations from adjectives.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bəˈʔamtɪn/
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Noun

Beamtin f (genitive Beamtin, plural Beamtinnen, masculine Beamter)

  1. civil servant, public servant (female)

Usage notes

While this term violates standard German grammar, it is the form usually used in legal texts, having replaced the proper female form of Beamter, Beamte.

Declension
Declension of Beamtin
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Beamtin die Beamtinnen
genitive einer der Beamtin der Beamtinnen
dative einer der Beamtin den Beamtinnen
accusative eine die Beamtin die Beamtinnen

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