Amtsdeutsch
German
Etymology
From Amt (“bureau, ministry”) + -s- + Deutsch (“German”).
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Amtsdeutsch n (genitive Amtsdeutschs)
- 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
See also
- Papierdeutsch
- Juristendeutsch
- Schriftdeutsch