Beamter
German
Etymology
Haplologized from Beamteter, substantivization of beamtet, past participle of beamten (“to put into office”), from Amt (“office”).
Pronunciation
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audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Be‧am‧ter
Noun
Beamter m (genitive Beamten, plural Beamte, female Beamtin or Beamte)
- officer, civil servant, public servant (male or of unspecified sex)
Usage notes
- Beamter is declined like a masculine nominalized adjective. However, the now predominant feminine form is Beamtin, which is declined like a standard feminine noun. The regular feminine Beamte is also correct, though.
Declension
Synonyms
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- Abfertigungsbeamter
- Bahnbeamter
- Bankbeamter
- Bundesbeamter
- Bundeskanzler
- EU-Beamter
- Gerichtsbeamter
- Grenzbeamter
- Justizbeamter
- Justizwachebeamter
- Kolonialbeamter
- Kommunalbeamter
- Kostenbeamter
- Kriminalbeamter
- Kripobeamter
- Landesbeamter
- Lehrer
- Minister
- Niederbeamter
- Oberbeamter
- Polizeibeamter
- Polizist
- Post-Beschäftigter
- Postbeamter
- Professor
- Schalterbeamter
- Schalterbeamter
- Sparkassenbeamter
- Staatsanwalt
- Staatsbeamter
- Standesbeamter
- Steuerbeamter
- Studienrat
- Supernumerar
- Unterbeamter
- US-Beamter
- Verwaltungsbeamter
- Vollstreckungsbeamter
- Zollbeamter
Noun
Beamter f