Beamter

Haplologized from Beamteter, substantivization of beamtet, past participle of beamten (“to put into office”), from Amt (“office”).

• IPA^(key): /bəˈʔamtɐ/ (Germany, most areas)
• IPA^(key): /bəˈʔamtər/ (Switzerland, some speakers of southern Germany and Austria)

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• Hyphenation: Be‧am‧ter

Beamter m (genitive Beamten, plural Beamte, feminine Beamtin or Beamte)

1. officer, civil servant, public servant (male or of unspecified sex)

• 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.

• Zollbeamter
• Finanzbeamter
• Polizeibeamter
• Verbindungsbeamter

• Beamter in Duden online