Amt
German, noun/amt/
Amt is a German neuter noun meaning “agency; department; office (state institution responsible for specified concerns)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine mit Würde und Verantwortung verbundene offizielle (staatliche) Stellung”.
What does Amt mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuteragency; department; office (state institution responsible for specified concerns)
- 2
neuteroffice; post (public function, e.g. of a civil servant)
- 3
neutermass; office
- 4
Switzerlandneuteradministrative unit (of a country); district
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine mit Würde und Verantwortung verbundene offizielle (staatliche) Stellung 2. das von einem Amtsträger bekleidete Amt 3. das Amt einer öffentlichen Funktion, zum Beispiel des Politikers 4. eine offizielle Stellung in der römisch-katholischen Kirche, zum Beispiel der Abt
abbreviation: 1. amtierend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Amt
- Amtes genitive
- Amts genitive
- Ämter plural
- Amte dative singular
- Ämtern dative definite plural
- Ambt alternative obsolete
- Ammt alternative obsolete
- Ampt alternative obsolete
- Ämtchen diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Amt?
- /amt/
- [amt]
- [ampt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Amt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Amt in German?
Amt appears 66 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).