ambacht
Meaning
- (neuter) handcraft, artisanry
- (neuter) a feudal corporation of craftsmen from one (group of) artisanal profession(s)
- (historical,neuter) legal district
- (historical,neuter) legal district
- (neuter) former (Dutch) district for dike management, notably in West Frisia and until 1864 in Rijnland
Hyphenated as
am‧bacht
Gender
Neuter
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɑmbɑxt/
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.
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