Beamtin

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German

 Beamter on German Wikipedia

Etymology

Irregular formation from beamt (holding an office) +‎ -in (suffix for female nouns). The regular female nominalisation of beamt is Beamte, the suffix -in is not normally attached to nominalisations from adjectives.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈʔamtɪn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Be‧am‧tin

Noun

Beamtin f (genitive Beamtin, plural Beamtinnen, male Beamter)

  1. civil servant, public servant (female)

Usage notes

While this term violates standard German grammar, it is the form usually used in legal texts, having replaced the proper female form of Beamter, Beamte.

Declension

Template:de-decl-noun-f

Hyponyms

Further reading

  • Beamtin” in Duden online
  • Beamtin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache