kultur
/kʊlˈtuːɹ/
kultur noun: german culture or civilization, especially seen as authoritarian or racist during the period of world wars (1914-18 and 1939-45).
Noun (1)
kultur (uncountable)
- 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.
Noun (2) capitalized: Kultur
Kultur (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of kultur.
- 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."1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress
Forms of kultur
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Origin of kultur
Borrowed from German Kultur, from Latin cultūra; doublet of culture.
Questions about kultur
- What does kultur mean?
- Kultur means german culture or civilization, especially seen as authoritarian or racist during the period of world wars (1914-18 and 1939-45).
- What part of speech is kultur?
- Kultur is a noun.
- How do you pronounce kultur?
- Kultur is pronounced /kʊlˈtuːɹ/.
Words near kultur in the dictionary
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