German

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 Beamter on German Wikipedia

Etymology

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Irregular formation from beamt (holding an office) +‎ -in (suffix for female nouns). The regular female nominalisation of beamt is Beamte, the suffix -in is not normally attached to nominalisations from adjectives.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bəˈʔamtɪn/
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  • Hyphenation: Be‧am‧tin

Noun

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Beamtin f (genitive Beamtin, plural Beamtinnen, masculine Beamter)

  1. civil servant, public servant (female)

Usage notes

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While this term violates standard German grammar, it is the form usually used in legal texts, having replaced the proper female form of Beamter, Beamte.

Declension

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Hyponyms

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Further reading

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  • Beamtin” in Duden online
  • Beamtin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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