English

Alternative forms

• kulturtraeger
• Kulturtraeger

Noun

Kulturträger ‎(plural Kulturträgers)

1. Someone or something that transmits cultural ideals, especially from one generation to the next.
   • 2007, Perry Anderson, "Russia's Managed Democracy", London Review of Books 29:2, page 8,

     All this was demoralising enough for an intelligentsia that, whatever its internal disputes, had always taken its role as Kulturträger for granted.

German

Etymology

From Kultur ‎(“culture”) + Träger ‎(“bearer”).

Noun

Kulturträger m ‎(genitive Kulturträgers, plural Kulturträger)

1. Someone or something that transmits cultural ideals, especially from one generation to the next.