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],
"word": "Amtskollege"
},
{
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Amtsmissbrauch"
},
{
"word": "Amtsniederlegung"
},
{
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Amtsperiode"
},
{
"word": "Amtsrücktritt"
},
{
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Amtsschimmel"
},
{
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Amtsstube"
},
{
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Amtsverzicht"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"agency; department; office (state institution responsible for specified concerns)"
],
"links": [
[
"agency",
"agency"
],
[
"department",
"department"
],
[
"office",
"office"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"strong"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"office; post (public function, e.g. of a civil servant)"
],
"links": [
[
"office",
"office"
],
[
"post",
"post"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"strong"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"de:Roman Catholicism"
],
"glosses": [
"mass; office"
],
"links": [
[
"Roman Catholicism",
"Roman Catholicism"
],
[
"mass",
"mass"
],
[
"office",
"office"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Roman Catholicism, chiefly in compounds) mass; office"
],
"tags": [
"in-compounds",
"neuter",
"strong"
],
"topics": [
"Catholicism",
"Christianity",
"Roman-Catholicism"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"German German",
"German terms with historical senses",
"Switzerland German"
],
"glosses": [
"administrative unit (of a country); district"
],
"links": [
[
"district",
"district"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(now Switzerland, Germany historical) administrative unit (of a country); district"
],
"tags": [
"Germany",
"Switzerland",
"historical",
"neuter",
"strong"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/amt/"
},
{
"ipa": "[amt]"
},
{
"ipa": "[ampt]"
},
{
"audio": "De-at-Amt.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a8/De-at-Amt.ogg/De-at-Amt.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/De-at-Amt.ogg",
"tags": [
"Austria"
],
"text": "Audio (Austria)"
},
{
"audio": "De-Amt.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/52/De-Amt.ogg/De-Amt.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/De-Amt.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Ambt"
},
{
"word": "Ammt"
},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "Ampt"
}
],
"word": "Amt"
}
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