Papierdeutsch

See also: papierdeutsch

German

Etymology

Papier (“paper”) +‎ Deutsch (“German”)

Proper noun

Papierdeutsch n

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

See also

Behördensprache
Kanzleistil
Amtsdeutsch, Beamtendeutsch
Juristendeutsch
Schriftdeutsch

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