Amtsdeutsch

German (Berlin)

proper noun
Definitions
  • 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

Etymology

Affix from German Amt (office, agency, official, bureau, offices, ministry) + German Deutsch (German).

Origin

German (Berlin)

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German

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