kultur
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From German Kultur, from Latin cultūra, whence also English culture.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /kʊlˈtuːr/
Noun [edit]
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.
References [edit]
- “kultur” in OED Online, Oxford University Press, 1989.
Norwegian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin colere (“cultivate, nurture”).
Pronunciation [edit]
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Noun [edit]
kultur m
Inflection [edit]
Inflection of kultur
Swedish [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
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Noun [edit]
kultur c
- culture, cultivation (biological life growing under human control, the opposite of nature)
- culture, spiritual cultivation: habits, traditions, religion, knowledge, language, education (characterizing human life)
- arts, cultural affairs, endowments
Declension [edit]
Declension of kultur
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | kultur | kulturen | kulturer | kulturerna |
| genitive | kulturs | kulturens | kulturers | kulturernas |