Amtsdeutsch
German edit
Etymology edit
From Amt (“bureau, ministry”) + -s- + Deutsch (“German”) ("German" in the language usage sense).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Amtsdeutsch n (proper noun, language name, genitive Amtsdeutsch or Amtsdeutschs, alternative nominative (used with the definite article) Amtsdeutsche, alternative genitive Amtsdeutschen, no plural)
- German bureaucratese, officialese (the jargon-filled, obfuscatory and sometimes legalistic or euphemistic variety of the German language which is regarded as the language of German bureaucrats)
- Synonym: Beamtendeutsch
Declension edit
Declension of Amtsdeutsch [sg-only, neuter, langname]
singular (explanation of the use and meaning of the forms) | |||||
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(usually without article) | noun | def. | noun | ||
nominative | (das) | Amtsdeutsch | das | Amtsdeutsche | |
genitive | (des) | Amtsdeutsch, Amtsdeutschs | des | Amtsdeutschen | |
dative | (dem) | Amtsdeutsch | dem | Amtsdeutschen | |
accusative | (das) | Amtsdeutsch | das | Amtsdeutsche |