Kitsch
See also: kitsch
German
Etymology
From the dialectal imitative verb kitschen (“to smear”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Kitsch m (genitive Kitsches, no plural)
- (derogatory) kitsch
- Synonyms: Geschmacklosigkeit, Nippes, Ramsch, Schund, Trash
- 1904, Maximilian Bern, “Arme Natur!”, in Die zehnte Muse:
- Die Wolken viel zu wenig bunt, / Die Berge völlig falsch gestaltet; / Was sie erzeugt, ist Kitsch und Schund, / In Stoff und Kolorit veraltet.
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Further reading
Pennsylvania German
Noun
Kitsch f
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