Amtsdeutsch

German

Etymology

From Amt (“bureau, ministry”) +‎ -s- +‎ Deutsch (“German”) ("German" in the language usage sense).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈamt͡sˌdɔɪ̯t͡ʃ/

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• Hyphenation: Amts‧deutsch
• Rhymes: -ɔɪ̯t͡ʃ

Proper noun

Amtsdeutsch n (proper noun, language name, genitive Amtsdeutsch or Amtsdeutschs, alternative nominative (used with the definite article) Amtsdeutsche, alternative genitive Amtsdeutschen, no plural)

1. 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

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

	singular   (explanation of the use and meaning of the forms)
	(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

• Papierdeutsch
• Juristendeutsch, Kanzleideutsch
• Schriftdeutsch
• Beamtendeutsch