Papierdeutsch
See also: papierdeutsch
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Papier (“paper”) + Deutsch (“German”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Papierdeutsch n (proper noun, language name, genitive Papierdeutsch or Papierdeutschs, alternative nominative (used with the definite article) Papierdeutsche, alternative genitive Papierdeutschen, no plural)
- German officialese (a dry, overly complicated and sometimes legalistic variety of the German language)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Papierdeutsch [sg-only, neuter, langname]
| singular (explanation of the use and meaning of the forms) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (usually without article) | noun | def. | noun | ||
| nominative | (das) | Papierdeutsch | das | Papierdeutsche | |
| genitive | (des) | Papierdeutsch, Papierdeutschs | des | Papierdeutschen | |
| dative | (dem) | Papierdeutsch | dem | Papierdeutschen | |
| accusative | (das) | Papierdeutsch | das | Papierdeutsche | |