ambacht
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch ambacht, from Old Dutch ambacht, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz, from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos. The same source has led to the form ambt. Cognate with German Amt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑmbɑxt/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: am‧bacht
Noun
ambacht n (plural ambachten, diminutive ambachtje n)
- handcraft, artisanry
- (historical) legal district
- Synonym: heerlijkheid
Derived terms
- ambachtelijk
- ambachtsheer
- ambachtsheerlijkheid
- ambachtskamer
- ambachtsman
- ambachtsvrouw
- ambachtsvrouwe
Related terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: ambag
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