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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/
- Hyphenation: am‧bacht
Noun
ambacht n (plural ambachten, diminutive ambachtje n)
- handcraft, artisanry
- a feudal corporation of craftsmen from one (group of) artisanal profession(s)
- Synonym: ambachtsgilde
- (historical) legal district
- judicial jurisdiction of a schout (reeve)
- a few of the above turned into an allodium
- Synonym: ambachtsheerlijkheid
- former (Dutch) district for dike management, notably in West Frisia and until 1864 in Rijnland.
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Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch ambacht, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz, from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos
Noun
ambacht n
- job, duty
- office, function, post (an official position)
- handcraft, artisanry
- guild
- jurisdiction
- area that is under the same jurisdiction
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