amt

See also: Amt, AMT, amt., and åmt

English

Noun

amt (plural amts)

  1. Abbreviation of amount.

Etymology 2

From Danish amt.

Noun

amt (plural amts)

  1. (historical) A county in Denmark.

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German ambt, ambt, ambacht, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją, cognate with German Amt (“office”), Old Norse embætti. Doublet of embede (see more there).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /amˀt/, [ˈɑmˀd̥]

Noun

amt n (singular definite amtet, plural indefinite amter)

  1. county (a first level country division in Denmark from 1662–2007)

Declension
Declension of amt
neuter
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative amt amtet amter amterne
genitive amts amtets amters amternes

Derived terms
  • amtmand
  • amtsborgmester
  • amtsgrænse
  • amtsgård
  • amtskommune
  • amtsråd
  • statsamt

See also

Vilamovian

Alternative forms
  • aomt

Etymology

From Old High German ambaht.

Noun

amt n

  1. office
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