Masculine

Beamter

Meaning

government employee, (government) official, civil servant, public servant, (police) officer (male or of unspecified gender)

Opposite of
Angestellter, Arbeiter, Unternehmer
Synonyms

Staatsdiener

Staatsbeamter

Funktionärin

Inhaber eines öffentlichen Amtes

Staatsbediensteter

Amtsperson

Beambte

Staatsdienerin

Staatsbeamte

Büropersonal

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bəˈʔamtɐ/
Etymology

From Early New High German beampte (14th c.). Substantivization of beampt, haplologized participial adjective of beampten, which became beamten in New High German.

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