Beamter
German
Etymology
Haplologized from Beamteter, substantivization of beamtet, past participle of beamten (“to put into office”), from Amt (“office”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈʔamtɐ/ (Germany, most areas)
- IPA(key): /bəˈʔamtər/ (Switzerland, some speakers of southern Germany and Austria)
audio (file) - Hyphenation: Be‧am‧ter
Noun
Beamter m (genitive Beamten, plural Beamte, feminine Beamtin or Beamte)
- officer, civil servant, public servant (male or of unspecified sex)
Usage notes
- Beamter is declined like a masculine nominalized adjective. However, the now predominant feminine form is Beamtin, which is declined like a standard feminine noun. The regular feminine Beamte is also correct, though.
Declension
Inflection of Beamter
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m gender | strong declension | |||
| nominative | Beamter | Beamte | ||
| genitive | Beamten | Beamter | ||
| dative | Beamtem | Beamten | ||
| accusative | Beamten | Beamte | ||
| weak declension | ||||
| nominative | der | Beamte | die | Beamten |
| genitive | des | Beamten | der | Beamten |
| dative | dem | Beamten | den | Beamten |
| accusative | den | Beamten | die | Beamten |
| mixed declension | ||||
| nominative | ein | Beamter | keine | Beamten |
| genitive | eines | Beamten | keiner | Beamten |
| dative | einem | Beamten | keinen | Beamten |
| accusative | einen | Beamten | keine | Beamten |
Derived terms
- Zollbeamter
- Finanzbeamter
- Polizeibeamter
- Verbindungsbeamter
Further reading
- Beamter in Duden online