Neuter
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ambt
office, function, post (an official position)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɑm(p)t/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle Dutch ampt. Originally the same word as ambacht and possibly a mere variant of it. However, the fact that the earliest occurrences are found in texts by eastern writers, makes it likely that this form is a borrowing from Middle High German ambet, ambt (whence modern German Amt), from Old High German ambahti, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz, from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos.
Related words
public square
crockery set
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