amt

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See also: Amt, AMT, amt., and åmt

English

Etymology 1

Noun

amt (plural amts)

  1. Abbreviation of amount.

Etymology 2

From Danish amt.

Noun

amt (plural amts)

  1. (historical) A county in Denmark.

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German ambt, ambt, ambacht, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją, cognate with German Amt (“office”), Old Norse embætti. Doublet of embede (see more there).

Pronunciation

Noun

amt n (singular definite amtet, plural indefinite amter)

  1. county (a first level country division in Denmark from 1662–2007)

Declension

Declension of amt
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative amt amtet amter amterne
genitive amts amtets amters amternes

Derived terms

See also

Vilamovian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German ambaht.

Noun

amt n

  1. office
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