Beamtenschaft

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German

Etymology

Beamter +‎ -en- +‎ -schaft

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈʔamtn̩ʃaft/
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Noun

Beamtenschaft f (genitive Beamtenschaft, plural (uncommon) Beamtenschaften)

  1. (collective) civil servants
    • c. 1914, Franz Kafka, Der Prozess [The Trial], Berlin: Die Schmiede, published 1925:
      Wie ließe sich bei dieser Sinnlosigkeit des Ganzen die schlimmste Korruption der Beamtenschaft vertuschen?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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