Axt

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Axt.

Proper noun

Axt (plural Axts)

A surname from German.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Axt is the 35489^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 634 individuals. Axt is most common among White (90.85%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Axt”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 74.

Anagrams

ATX, tax, tax-, xat

Egyptian

Romanization

Axt

Manuel de Codage transliteration of ꜣḫt.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German ackes, from Old High German ackus, itself from Proto-West Germanic *akusi, while ultimately descending from Proto-Germanic *akwisī.

Compare Low German Ax, Dutch aks, English axe, Danish økse, Swedish yxa, Icelandic öxi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /akst/
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Noun

Axt f (genitive Axt, plural Äxte)

axe
Synonym: (roughly) Beil

Declension

Declension of Axt [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Axt	die	Äxte
genitive	einer	der	Axt	der	Äxte
dative	einer	der	Axt	den	Äxten
accusative	eine	die	Axt	die	Äxte

Derived terms

Axtangriff
Axtmord
Streitaxt
wie die Axt im Walde

Further reading

“Axt” in Duden online
“Axt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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