ambacht
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch ambacht, from Old Dutch ambacht, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz, from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos. The same source has led to the form ambt. Cognate with German Amt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑmbɑxt/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: am‧bacht
Noun
ambacht n (plural ambachten, diminutive ambachtje n)
- handcraft, artisanry
- a feudal corporation of craftsmen from one (group of) artisanal profession(s)
- Synonym: ambachtsgilde
- (historical) legal district
- judicial jurisdiction of a schout (reeve)
- a few of the above turned into an allodium
- Synonym: ambachtsheerlijkheid
- former (Dutch) district for dike management, notably in West Frisia and until 1864 in Rijnland.
Derived terms
- ambachtelijk
- ambachtsbaas
- ambachtsbewaarder
- ambachtsgezel
- ambachtsgilde
- ambachtsheer
- ambachtsheerlijkheid
- ambachtshuis
- ambachtsjongen
- ambachtskamer
- ambachtsman
- ambachtsschool
- ambachtsvrouw
- ambachtsvrouwe
- schoutsambacht
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