grāmatvedis

Latvian

Etymology

Possibly grāmata (“book”) +‎ vest (“to lead”), not derived from German Buchhalter, otherwise commonly borrowed across Eastern and Central Europe, but rather a calque of German Buchführer (literally “book-leader”), which see Buchhalter for more.

Noun

grāmatvedis m (2nd declension, feminine form: grāmatvede)

  1. accountant

Declension

Declension of grāmatvedis (2nd declension)
singular plural
nominative grāmatvedis grāmatveži
genitive grāmatveža grāmatvežu
dative grāmatvedim grāmatvežiem
accusative grāmatvedi grāmatvežus
instrumental grāmatvedi grāmatvežiem
locative grāmatvedī grāmatvežos
vocative grāmatvedi grāmatveži

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