Armut
See also: armut
German
Etymology
From Middle High German armuot, armuote, from Old High German armuoti, armuotī, from Proto-West Germanic *armōdī (“poverty”).[1][2]
Cognate with English armth, Hunsrik Aarmut, Dutch armoede.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaʁmuːt/
- Rhymes: -uːt
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Noun
Armut f (genitive Armut, no plural)
- poverty
- Antonym: Reichtum m
Declension
Declension of Armut [sg-only, feminine]
singular | |||
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indef. | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Armut |
genitive | einer | der | Armut |
dative | einer | der | Armut |
accusative | eine | die | Armut |
Derived terms
- Armutszeugnis
Related terms
- arm
References
- Friedrich Kluge (1989), “arm”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “arma”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Further reading
- “Armut” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Armut” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Armut” in Duden online