Amt

amt AMT German Alternative forms de Ambt Ammt Ampt obsolete Etymology de :inh gmh:ambahte<ety:inh<goh:ambaht>> 1 From de gmh ambahte, gmh ambehte, gmh ambet, gmh ammet, gmh ampt, gmh ambt, gmh amt, from de goh ambahti, goh ambaht, from de gmw-pro *ambaht, from de gem-pro *ambahtaz, from de cel-gau ambaxtos, from de cel-pro *ambaxtos. The Middle High German contracted form gmh amb(e)t developed quite regularly, via also attested gmh ammet or gmh ambt, into modern German de Amt. Cognate with nl ambacht and nl ambt, sv ämbete, and fi ammatti, as well as en ambassador and en embassy. Pronunciation de /amt/ [amt] [ampt] de De-at-Amt.ogg Austria de De-Amt.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun n,(e)s,^er agency; department; office state institution responsible for specified concerns office; post public function, e.g. of a civil servant de Roman Catholicism chiefly in compounds mass; office de now Switzerland Germany _ historical administrative unit (of a country); district Declension n,(e)s,^er Hyponyms de Arbeitsamt<g:n> Auswärtiges Amt Bundesamt<g:n> Bundeskanzleramt<g:n> Bundeskartellamt<g:n> Ehrenamt Finanzamt<g:n> Hochamt<g:n> Kanzleramt<g:n> Kartellamt<g:n> Kreiswehrersatzamt Kriminalamt<g:n> Ordnungsamt<g:n> Seelenamt<g:n> Standesamt<g:n> Wehrersatzamt Derived terms de amtieren amtierend amtlich amtlos de Beamter m (de Beamte m) Related terms de Amtsanmaßung<g:f> Amtsantritt<g:m> Amtsausübung<g:f> Amtsdauer<g:f> Amtsende<g:n> Amtsenthebung Amtsgebäude Amtsgericht Amtshandlung<g:f> Amtsinhaber<g:m> Amtskollege<g:m> Amtsmissbrauch<g:m> Amtsniederlegung Amtsperiode<g:f> Amtsrücktritt Amtsschimmel<g:m> Amtsstube<g:f> Amtsverzicht<g:m> Further reading Luxembourgish Etymology From lb gmh ambahte, gmh ambehte, gmh ambet, gmh ammet, gmh ampt, gmh ambt, gmh amt, from lb goh ambahti, goh ambaht, from lb gmw-pro *ambaht, from lb gem-pro *ambahtaz, from lb cel-gau ambaxtos, from lb cel-pro *ambaxtos. Compare de Amt. Noun n Ämter office Further reading