Amt

Etymology
From, , , , , , , from , , from , from , from , from.

The Middle High German contracted form amb(e)t developed quite regularly, via also attested or, into modern German Amt. Cognate with 🇨🇬 and, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬, as well as 🇨🇬 and.

Noun

 * 1) agency; department; office state institution responsible for specified concerns
 * 2) office; post public function, e.g. of a civil servant
 * 3)  mass; office
 * 4)  administrative unit (of a country); district