kultur

See also Kultur, kültür, kultûr, and kultür

English

Alternative forms

• Kultur

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kʊlˈtuːr/

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 University Press, 1989.

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Latin colere (“cultivate, nurture”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

kultur m

1. culture

Inflection

    Inflection of kultur

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	kultur	kulturen	kulturer	kulturene
Nynorsk m	kultur	kulturen	kulturar	kulturane

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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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

Declension of kultur

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kultur	kulturen	kulturer	kulturerna
genitive	kulturs	kulturens	kulturers	kulturernas

Related terms

amatörkultur bakteriekultur barnkultur finkultur interkulturell kulturanslag kulturarbetare kulturarv kulturbegrepp

kulturbudget kulturdepartement kulturföretagande kulturförvaltning kulturhistoria kulturhus kulturinstitution kulturliv kulturmiljö

kulturminister kulturminne kulturmjölk kulturmyndighet kulturnämnd kulturområde kulturpolitik kulturproposition kulturråd

kultursektor kulturskapare kulturstöd kultursyn kulturtidskrift kulturupplevelse kulturutredning kulturutskott monokultur

mångkultur världskultur