ämbete

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish æmbete, æmbite, æmbit, æmbeti, from Old Norse embætti, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją, whence also ambassad (“embassy”), ambassadör (“ambassador”), amt (“county in Denmark”), German Amt, and Finnish ammatti.

Noun

ämbete n

  1. a public office, a title

Declension

Declension of ämbete
nominative genitive
singular indefinite ämbete ämbetes
definite ämbetet ämbetets
plural indefinite ämbeten ämbetens
definite ämbetena ämbetenas

References

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