ambacht

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch ambacht, from Old Dutch ambaht, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz, from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos. The same source has led to the form ambt. Cognate with German Amt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑmbɑxt/ Hyphenation: am‧bacht === Noun === ambacht n (plural ambachten, diminutive ambachtje n) handcraft, artisanry a feudal corporation of craftsmen from one (group of) artisanal profession(s) Synonym: ambachtsgilde (historical) legal district judicial jurisdiction of a schout (reeve) a few of the above turned into an allodium Synonym: ambachtsheerlijkheid former (Dutch) district for dike management, notably in West Frisia and until 1864 in Rijnland ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ambt ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: ambag → Indonesian: ambah Negerhollands: ambacht == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch ambacht, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz, from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos === Noun === ambacht n job, duty office, function, post (an official position) handcraft, artisanry guild jurisdiction area that is under the same jurisdiction ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: ambachtAfrikaans: ambag→ Indonesian: ambahNegerhollands: ambacht Limburgish: ambach === Further reading === “ambacht”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “ambacht (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II