Beamter

German

Etymology

Haplologized from Beamteter, substantivization of beamtet, past participle of beamten (“to put into office”), from Amt (“office”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bəˈʔamtɐ/ (Germany, most areas)
  • IPA(key): /bəˈʔamtər/ (Switzerland, some speakers of southern Germany and Austria)
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  • Hyphenation: Be‧am‧ter

Noun

Beamter m (genitive Beamten, plural Beamte, feminine Beamtin or Beamte)

  1. officer, civil servant, public servant (male or of unspecified sex)

Usage notes
  • Beamter is declined like a masculine nominalized adjective. However, the now predominant feminine form is Beamtin, which is declined like a standard feminine noun. The regular feminine Beamte is also correct, though.

Declension
Inflection of Beamter
singular plural
m gender strong declension
nominative Beamter Beamte
genitive Beamten Beamter
dative Beamtem Beamten
accusative Beamten Beamte
weak declension
nominative der Beamte die Beamten
genitive des Beamten der Beamten
dative dem Beamten den Beamten
accusative den Beamten die Beamten
mixed declension
nominative ein Beamter keine Beamten
genitive eines Beamten keiner Beamten
dative einem Beamten keinen Beamten
accusative einen Beamten keine Beamten

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