Axt

Borrowed from German Axt.

Axt (plural Axts)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Axt is the 35489^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 634 individuals. Axt is most common among White (90.85%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Axt”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 74.

• ATX, tax, tax-, xat

Axt

1. Manuel de Codage transliteration of ꜣḫt.

From Middle High German ackes, from Old High German ackus, itself from Proto-West Germanic *akusi, while ultimately descending from Proto-Germanic *akwisī.

Compare Low German Ax, Dutch aks, English axe, Danish økse, Swedish yxa, Icelandic öxi.

• IPA^(key): /akst/

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Axt f (genitive Axt, plural Äxte)

1. axe

   Synonym: (roughly) Beil

• Axtangriff
• Axtmord
• Streitaxt
• wie die Axt im Walde

• “Axt” in Duden online
• “Axt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache