Armut

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)

1. poverty

   Antonym: Reichtum m

Declension

Declension of Armut [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	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

1. 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
2. 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