Axt
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Axt.
Proper noun
Axt (plural Axts)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Axt is the 35489th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 634 individuals. Axt is most common among White (90.85%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Axt”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 74.
Anagrams
- ATX, tax, tax-, xat
Egyptian
Romanization
Axt
- Manuel de Codage transliteration of ꜣḫt.
German
Etymology
From Middle High German ackes, from Old High German ackus, from Proto-West Germanic *akusi.
Compare Low German Ax, Dutch aks, English axe, Danish økse, Swedish yxa, Icelandic öxi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /akst/
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Noun
Axt f (genitive Axt, plural Äxte)
- axe
- Synonym: (roughly) Beil
Declension
Declension of Axt [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Axt | die | Äxte |
genitive | einer | der | Axt | der | Äxte |
dative | einer | der | Axt | den | Äxten |
accusative | eine | die | Axt | die | Äxte |
Derived terms
- Axtangriff
- Axtmord
- Streitaxt
- wie die Axt im Walde
Further reading
- “Axt” in Duden online
- “Axt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache