kanslispråk
Swedish
Etymology
Compound of kansli (“office”) + språk (“language”). Cognate of German Kanzleisprache.
Noun
kanslispråk n
- (often derogatory) officialese, bureaucratese
- language of administration
- Sumeriska användes som kanslispråk långt efter att det dött ut som talspråk.
- Sumerian was used as a language of administration long after it had died out as a spoken language.
Declension
| Declension of kanslispråk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | kanslispråk | kanslispråket | kanslispråk | kanslispråken |
| Genitive | kanslispråks | kanslispråkets | kanslispråks | kanslispråkens |
See also
Further reading
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.