Amtsmissbrauch
German, noun/ˈamt͡smɪsˌbʁaʊ̯x/
Amtsmissbrauch is spelled A-M-T-S-M-I-S-S-B-R-A-U-C-H (14 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 61,377th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amtsmissbrauch is a German masculine noun meaning “malpractice, malversation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Missbrauch der Machtposition, die ein Amt verleiht”.
What does Amtsmissbrauch mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemalpractice, malversation
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Missbrauch der Machtposition, die ein Amt verleiht
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Amtsmissbrauch
- Amtsmissbrauchs genitive
- Amtsmissbrauches genitive
- Amtsmissbräuche plural
- Amtsmissbrauche dative singular
- Amtsmissbräuchen dative definite plural
- Amtsmißbrauch alternative proscribed
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Amtsmissbrauch?
- /ˈamt͡smɪsˌbʁaʊ̯x/
- [ˈamt͡smɪsˌbʁaʊ̯x]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Amtsmissbrauch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Amtsmissbrauch in German?
Amtsmissbrauch appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).