Amt

Meaning

1. (neuter,strong) agency; department; office (state institution responsible for specified concerns)
2. (neuter,strong) office; post (public function, e.g. of a civil servant)
3. (in-compounds,neuter,strong) mass; office
4. (Germany,Switzerland,historical,neuter,strong) administrative unit (of a country); district

Concepts

office

function

position

job

post

capacity

duty

service

government office

attendance

facility

agency

appointment

task

department

exchange

bureau

employment

use

charge

trunk

authorities

abbacy

cabinet

desk

law office

branch

chapter

crockery set

section

set

application

station

utilization

work

usage

pantry

store

storehouse

storeroom

moonlighter

office space

officials

affair

situation

official business

public business

one’s post

mission

regular business

characteristic

original fief

proper function

speciality

specialty

role

public office

official

person in charge

one’s part

one’s duty

official duties

bureaucracy

government service

commission

Gender

Neuter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/amt/

Etymology

From Middle High German ambahte, ambehte, ambet, ammet, ampt, ambt, amt, from Old High German ambahti, ambaht, from Proto-West Germanic *ambaht, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz, from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos.
The Middle High German contracted form amb(e)t developed quite regularly, via also attested ammet or ambt, into modern German Amt. Cognate with Dutch ambacht and ambt, Swedish ämbete, and Finnish ammatti, as well as English ambassador and embassy.

Sentences

Er trat sein Amt zwei Tage später an .

He took office two days later.

Sie kann in das Amt in Dublin integriert werden .

The work can be incorporated into the existing office in Dublin.

Das Amt Borken wurde in das Justizamt Borken umgewandelt .

The Borken office was converted into the Borken judicial office.

Als Oberpräsident präsidierte er qua Amt auch im Königlichen Konsistorium Brandenburg zu Berlin .

As Chief President, he also presided over the Royal Consistory of Brandenburg in Berlin.