English

Noun

Kultur ‎(uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of kultur
   • 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:

     The bestialization produced by war and militant patriotism came openly to the front with all the horrors of savagery, rapine, deportation, atrocities, and the inhuman slaughter of millions of human beings for the glory of the Fatherland and Kultur and for "the making of the world fit for Democracy."

German

Etymology

From Latin cultūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʊlˈtuːɐ̯]
• Rhymes: -uːɐ̯
• Hyphenation: Kul‧tur

Noun

Kultur f ‎(genitive Kultur, plural Kulturen)

1. culture

Declension

Derived terms

• Kulturerbe
• Kulturgeschichte
• Kulturkampf
• Kulturschöpfer
• Kulturträger
• Kulturvernichter
• Negerkultur

English

Alternative forms

• Kultur

Noun

kultur ‎(uncountable)

1. German culture or civilization, especially seen as authoritarian or racist during the period of world wars (1914-18 and 1939-45)
   • 1963: so much rot spoken about their inferior kultur-position and our herrenschaft – but that was for the Kaiser and the businessmen at home — Thomas Pynchon, V.

References

• “kultur”, in OED Online, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Danish

Etymology

From Latin cultūra, from colō ‎(“I cultivate, nurture”).

Noun

kultur c (singular definite kulturen, plural indefinite kulturer)

1. culture

Declension

Derived terms

• kulturel ‎(“cultural”)
• kulturchok
• kulturrevolution

References

• “kultur” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin cultūra, from colō ‎(“I cultivate, nurture”).

Pronunciation

Noun

kultur m ‎(definite singular kulturen, indefinite plural kulturer, definite plural kulturene)

1. culture

Derived terms

• kulturarv
• kulturgjenstand
• kulturhistorie

References

• “kultur” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin cultūra, from colō ‎(“I cultivate, nurture”).

Noun

kultur m ‎(definite singular kulturen, indefinite plural kulturar, definite plural kulturane)

1. culture

Derived terms

• kulturarv
• kulturgjenstand
• kulturhistorie

References

• “kultur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin cultūra, from colō ‎(“I cultivate, nurture”).

Pronunciation

Noun

kultur c

1. culture, cultivation (biological life growing under human control, the opposite of nature)
2. culture, spiritual cultivation: habits, traditions, religion, knowledge, language, education (characterizing human life)
3. arts, cultural affairs, endowments

Declension

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