Amtsdeutsch

German

Etymology

From Amt (“bureau, ministry”) +‎ -s- +‎ Deutsch (“German”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Amtsdeutsch n (proper noun, strong, genitive Amtsdeutschs)

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

See also

• Papierdeutsch
• Juristendeutsch
• Schriftdeutsch