kultur

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.5 References 2 Norwegian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 3 Swedish 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• Kultur

[edit] Etymology

From German Kultur, from Latin cultūra, whence also English culture.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /kʊl'tu:r/

[edit] Noun

kultur (uncountable)

1. German culture or civilisation, 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.

[edit] References

• “kultur” in OED Online, Oxford University Press, 1989.

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin colere (“‘cultivate, nurture’”).

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[edit] Noun

kultur m. (definite singular kulturen; indefinite plural kulturer; definite plural kulturene)

1. culture

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[edit] Swedish

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[edit] Noun

Inflection for kultur	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	kultur	kulturen	kulturer	kulturerna
Possessive form	kulturs	kulturens	kulturers	kulturernas

kultur c.

1. culture