ambt

From Middle Dutch ampt. Originally the same word as ambacht and possibly a mere variant of it. However, the fact that the earliest occurrences are found in texts by eastern writers, makes it likely that this form is a borrowing from Middle High German ambet, ambt (whence modern German Amt), from Old High German ambahti, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz, from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos.

• IPA^(key): /ɑm(p)t/

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• Hyphenation: ambt
• Rhymes: -ɑmpt

ambt n (plural ambten, diminutive ambtje n)

1. office, function, post (an official position)

• ambacht

• Afrikaans: amp