Papierdeutsch

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German

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Etymology

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Papier (paper) +‎ Deutsch (German)

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Papierdeutsch n (proper noun, language name, genitive Papierdeutsch or Papierdeutschs, alternative nominative (used with the definite article) Papierdeutsche, alternative genitive Papierdeutschen, no plural)

  1. German officialese (a dry, overly complicated and sometimes legalistic variety of the German language)

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See also

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