Beamter

== German == === Etymology === From Early New High German beampte (14th c.). Substantivization of beampt, haplologized participial adjective of beampten, which became beamten in New High German. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈʔamtɐ/ (Germany, most areas) IPA(key): /bɛˈamtɛr/ (Switzerland, some speakers of southern Germany and Austria) IPA(key): /b̥eˈamtɐ/ (Austria) Hyphenation: Be‧am‧ter === Noun === Beamter m (adjectival, definite nominative der Beamte, genitive (des) Beamten, plural Beamte, definite plural die Beamten, feminine Beamtin or (rare) Beamte) government employee, (government) official, civil servant, public servant, (police) officer (male or of unspecified gender) Synonyms: Amtsträger, Staatsbediensteter, Staatsdiener Antonyms: Angestellter, Arbeiter, Unternehmer ==== Usage notes ==== The feminine form used in legal texts is Beamtin, which is declined like a standard feminine noun. The grammatically regular, feminine nominalized adjective die Beamte is rarely seen in writing. Duden discourages its use; DWDS mentions it as rare. The weak form der Beamte is very common and listed as the lemma in DWDS.de. ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== === Noun === Beamter f inflection of Beamte: strong genitive/dative singular strong genitive plural === References === === Further reading === “Beamter” in Duden online “Beamte”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German)