Kulturträger

English

Alternative forms

• kulturtraeger
• Kulturtraeger

Etymology

From German Kulturträger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʊlˈtuːɹtɹɛːɡəɹ/

Noun

Kulturträger (plural Kulturträgers)

1. Someone or something that transmits cultural ideals, especially from one generation to the next.
   • 1920, D.H. Lawrence, chapter 1, in Women in Love:

     She knew she was accepted in the world of culture and of intellect. She was a Kulturträger, a medium for the culture of ideas.

   • 2007, Perry Anderson, “Russia's Managed Democracy”, in London Review of Books, 29:2, page 8:

     All this was demoralising enough for an intelligentsia that, whatever its internal disputes, had always taken its role as Kulturträger for granted.

German

Etymology

From Kultur (“culture”) + Träger (“bearer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʊlˈtuːɐ̯ˌtʁɛːɡɐ/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /-ˌtʁeːɡɐ/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)

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• Hyphenation: Kul‧tur‧trä‧ger

Noun

Kulturträger m (strong, genitive Kulturträgers, plural Kulturträger, feminine Kulturträgerin)

1. Someone or something that transmits cultural ideals, especially from one generation to the next.

Declension

Declension of Kulturträger [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Kulturträger	die	Kulturträger
genitive	eines	des	Kulturträgers	der	Kulturträger
dative	einem	dem	Kulturträger	den	Kulturträgern
accusative	einen	den	Kulturträger	die	Kulturträger

Further reading

• “Kulturträger” in Duden online