Armut

See also: armut

German

Etymology

From Middle High German armuot, armuote, from Old High German armuoti, from Proto-West Germanic *armōdī (“poverty”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaʁmuːt/
  • Rhymes: -uːt
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Armut f (genitive Armut, no plural)

  1. poverty
    Antonym: Reichtum m

Declension

Declension of Armut [sg-only, feminine]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Armut
genitive einer der Armut
dative einer der Armut
accusative eine die Armut

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “arm”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “arma”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Further reading

  • “Armut” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Armut” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Armut” in Duden online
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