Amtsdeutsch

== German == === Etymology === From Amt (“bureau, ministry”) +‎ -s- +‎ Deutsch (“German”) ("German" in the language usage sense). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈamt͡sˌdɔɪ̯t͡ʃ/ 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) 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 ==== === See also === Papierdeutsch Juristendeutsch, Kanzleideutsch Schriftdeutsch Beamtendeutsch