German

Noun

Amt n ‎(genitive Amts or Amtes, plural Ämter)

1. agency; department; office (state institution responsible for specified concerns)
2. office; post (public function, e.g. of a civil servant)
3. (Roman Catholicism, chiefly in compounds) mass; office

Declension

Derived terms

• amtieren
• amtierend
• amtlich
• Amtsanmaßung f
• Amtshandlung f
• Amtsinhaber m
• Amtsinhaberin f
• Amtskollege m
• Amtsmissbrauch m
• Amtsschimmel m
• Amtsstube f
• Amtsverzicht m
• Arbeitsamt n
• Beamter m, Beamte f / Beamtin f
• Bundesamt n
• Finanzamt n
• Hochamt n
• Kartellamt n
• Kriminalamt
• Ordnungsamt n
• Seelenamt n

English

Noun

amt ‎(plural amts)

1. Abbreviation of amount.

Etymology 2

Danish

Noun

amt ‎(plural amts)

1. (historical) A county in Denmark.

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amt/, [ɑmˀd̥]

Noun

amt n (singular definite amtet, plural indefinite amter)

1. county, a secondary level country division in Denmark from 1662 – 2007

Inflection

See also

• amt on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• (historical) len ("fief")
• (currently) region ("administrative subdivision")

Vilamovian

Alternative forms

• aomt

Etymology

From Old High German ambaht.

Noun

amt n

1. office