Amtsdeutsch
German
editEtymology
editFrom Amt (“bureau, ministry”) + -s- + Deutsch (“German”) ("German" in the language usage sense).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editAmtsdeutsch 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
editDeclension 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 |
See also
editCategories:
- German compound terms
- German terms interfixed with -s-
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- Rhymes:German/ɔɪ̯t͡ʃ
- Rhymes:German/ɔɪ̯t͡ʃ/2 syllables
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German specially-declined language names
- German neuter nouns
- German uncountable nouns