amt
English
Etymology 1
Noun
amt (plural amts)
- Abbreviation of amount.
Etymology 2
Noun
amt (plural amts)
- (historical) A county in Denmark.
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German amt, variant of ambt, ambet, ambecht, ambacht, from Old Saxon ambaht (“office, servie”), from Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją.
Pronunciation
Noun
amt n (singular definite amtet, plural indefinite amter)
- county, a first level country division in Denmark from 1662 – 2007
Inflection
Declension of amt
See also
- amt on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
- (historical) len ("fief")
- (currently) region ("administrative subdivision")
Vilamovian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old High German ambaht.
Noun
amt n
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