ämbete

== Swedish == === Etymology === 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 === ämbete n a public office, a title ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== ämbetsbrott ämbetsman ämbetsverk rektorsämbete prästämbete === References === ämbete in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) “ämbete”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)