Juristendeutsch

German

Etymology

Jurist (“jurist”) +‎ -en +‎ Deutsch (“German”)

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Juristendeutsch n (proper noun, language name, genitive Juristendeutsch or Juristendeutschs, alternative nominative (used with the definite article) Juristendeutsche, alternative genitive Juristendeutschen, no plural)

1. (often derogatory) German legalese (the complex, verbose and yet pedantically precise language that is seen as typical of lawyers, judges, and other jurists)

Declension

Declension of Juristendeutsch [sg-only, neuter, langname]

	singular   (explanation of the use and meaning of the forms)
	(usually without article)	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(das)	Juristendeutsch	das	Juristendeutsche
genitive	(des)	Juristendeutsch, Juristendeutschs	des	Juristendeutschen
dative	(dem)	Juristendeutsch	dem	Juristendeutschen
accusative	(das)	Juristendeutsch	das	Juristendeutsche

See also

• Amtsdeutsch, Beamtendeutsch
• Juristenlatein
• Papierdeutsch
• Schriftdeutsch