Abt

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• IPA^(key): [ˈapt]

Abt m anim (female equivalent Abtová)

1. a male surname

• “Abt”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

From Middle High German abt, from Old High German abbat, borrowed from Late Latin abbas. Doublet of Abate.

• IPA^(key): /apt/

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• (Austria) IPA^(key): /aːpt/

Abt m (strong, genitive Abtes or Abts, plural Äbte, feminine Äbtissin)

1. abbot

• Altabt, Erzabt, Fürstabt, Generalabt, Kommendatarabt, Laienabt, Reichsabt

• äbtlich

• “Abt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Abt” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Abt” in Duden online
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Abt”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

From Middle High German abt, from Old High German abbat, borrowed from Late Latin abbas.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑpt/

Abt m (plural Äbt)

1. abbot

• Abtei