ämbete
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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]Declension of ämbete
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ämbete in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- ämbete in Svensk ordbok (SO)