Armut

See also: armut

German

Etymology

From Middle High German armuot, armuote, from Old High German armuoti, from Proto-West Germanic *armōdī (“poverty”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaʁmuːt/
  • Rhymes: -uːt
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Armut f (genitive Armut, no plural)

  1. poverty
    Antonym: Reichtum m

Declension
Declension of Armut [sg-only, feminine]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Armut
genitive einer der Armut
dative einer der Armut
accusative eine die Armut

Derived terms

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1989) “arm”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “arma”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Further reading
  • “Armut” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Armut” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Armut” in Duden online
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