ämbete
Appearance
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish æmbete, æmbite, æmbit, æmbeti, from Old Norse embætti, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją, whence also ambassad (“embassy”), ambassadör (“ambassador”), amt (“county in Denmark”), German Amt, and Finnish ammatti.
Noun
[edit]ämbete n
- a public office, a title
Declension
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | ämbete | ämbetes |
definite | ämbetet | ämbetets | |
plural | indefinite | ämbeten | ämbetens |
definite | ämbetena | ämbetenas |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ämbete in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- ämbete in Svensk ordbok (SO)