Also means
officialdom
Usage Note
Beamtentum refers to the institution and ethos of the career civil service, with its tenure, oath and lifelong appointment. It carries connotations of stability but sometimes of rigidity. The suffix -tum marks an abstract collective; it is used only in the singular.
Examples
"Das deutsche Beamtentum gilt als besonders traditionsreich."
Natural Translation
The German civil service is regarded as especially steeped in tradition.
Literal Translation
The German officialdom counts-as especially tradition-rich.
Related Words
- Abgeordnetenhaus house of deputies
- Abschiebebescheid deportation order
- Abzeichnungspflicht countersignature requirement; obligation to have a draft initialled by a superior
- Aktenvermerk file note; internal memorandum recorded in an administrative case file
- Aktenzeichen file reference number
- Allparteienkoalition all-party coalition; government formed by all parliamentary parties
- Amt office
- Amtliche Beglaubigung official certification; authentication of a document by a public authority
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