kult

See also: Kult, kült, and kult.

Albanian

Noun

kult m

1. cult

Declension

Declension of kult

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kult	kulti	kulte	kultet
accusative		kultin
dative	kulti	kultit	kulteve	kulteve
ablative			kultesh

Further reading

• “kult”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “kult”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press

Czech

Alternative forms

• kultus (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkult]
• Rhymes: -ult

Noun

kult m inan (diminutive kultík)

1. cult

Declension

Declension of kult (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	kult	kulty
genitive	kultu	kultů
dative	kultu	kultům
accusative	kult	kulty
vocative	kulte	kulty
locative	kultu	kultech
instrumental	kultem	kulty

Derived terms

adjectives

• kultický
• kultní
• kultovní
• kultový

nouns

• kultíček

Related terms

adjectives

• kulturistický

nouns

• kultivace
• kultura
• kulturista
• kulturistika

verbs

• kultivovat

Further reading

• “kult”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kult”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kult”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French culte, from Latin cultus. Doublet of kultur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkulˀd]

Noun

kult c (singular definite kulten, plural indefinite kulter)

1. a cult

   Synonym: kultus (archaic)

Declension

Declension of kult

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kult	kulten	kulter	kulterne
genitive	kults	kultens	kulters	kulternes

Derived terms

• dødekult
• frugtbarhedskult
• kultbog
• kultfigur
• kultfilm
• kultfænomen
• kultisk
• kultivator
• kultivere
• kultiveret
• kultivering
• kultstatus
• kultsted
• kulttegning

See also

• sekt

References

• “kult” in Den Danske Ordbog

Estonian

Etymology

Most likely from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*gultiō). Compare Swedish galt (“male pig”). Alternatively a variant of the word kull (“hawk”) (The Votic cognate has the meanings "male animal", "male pig").

Noun

kult (genitive kuldi, partitive kulti)

1. a boar (male pig)

Declension

Declension of kult (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-d gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kult	kuldid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kuldi
genitive			kultide
partitive		kulti	kulte kultisid
illative		kulti kuldisse	kultidesse kuldesse
inessive		kuldis	kultides kuldes
elative		kuldist	kultidest kuldest
allative		kuldile	kultidele kuldele
adessive		kuldil	kultidel kuldel
ablative		kuldilt	kultidelt kuldelt
translative		kuldiks	kultideks kuldeks
terminative		kuldini	kultideni
essive		kuldina	kultidena
abessive		kuldita	kultideta
comitative		kuldiga	kultidega

Latvian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkūlt]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to hit, strike”) thence also Latvian kal̃t. From a parallel form of the root Proto-Indo-European *kol- in its reduced grade Proto-Indo-European *kl̥- > Proto-Baltic *kul- whence this term. Cognate with Lithuanian kùlti.

Verb

kul̃t (intransitive, 1st conjugation, present kuļu, kul, kuļ, past kūlu)

1. (transitive) to thresh

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn, move”). However, according to a different view (Endzelīns, Fraenkel, Blese, Urbutis, Karaliūnas) etymology 2 is the same as etymology 1.

Verb

kul̃t (intransitive, 1st conjugation, present kuļu, kul, kuļ, past kūlu)

1. (transitive) to beat (eggs, etc.)
2. (transitive) to churn

Conjugation

Conjugation of kult (1st)

	indicative (īstenības izteiksme)					imperative (pavēles izteiksme)
		present (tagadne)	past (pagātne)		future (nākotne)
1st person sg	es	kuļu	kūlu		kulšu	—
2nd person sg	tu	kul	kūli		kulsi	kul
3rd person sg	viņš, viņa	kuļ	kūla		kuls	lai kuļ
1st person pl	mēs	kuļam	kūlām		kulsim	kulsim
2nd person pl	jūs	kuļat	kūlāt		kulsiet, kulsit	kuliet
3rd person pl	viņi, viņas	kuļ	kūla		kuls	lai kuļ
renarrative (atstāstījuma izteiksme)				participles (divdabji)
present	kuļot			present active 1 (adj.)		kuļošs
past	esot kūlis			present active 2 (adv.)		kuldams
future	kulšot			present active 3 (adv.)		kuļot
imperative	lai kuļot			present active 4 (obj.)		kuļam
conditional (vēlējuma izteiksme)				past active		kūlis
present	kultu			present passive		kuļams
past	būtu kūlis			past passive		kults
debitive (vajadzības izteiksme)				nominal forms
indicative	(būt) jākuļ			infinitive (nenoteiksme)		kult
conjunctive 1	esot jākuļ			negative infinitive		nekult
conjunctive 2	jākuļot			verbal noun		kulšana

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʉlt/
• Rhymes: -ʉlt

Etymology 1

Adjective

kult

1. neuter singular of kul

Etymology 2

From Latin cultus.

Noun

kult m (definite singular kulten, indefinite plural kulter, definite plural kultene)

1. a cult

Synonyms

• kultus

References

• “kult” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Adjective

kult

1. neuter singular of kul

Etymology 2

From Latin cultus.

Noun

kult m (definite singular kulten, indefinite plural kultar, definite plural kultane)

1. a cult

Synonyms

• kultus

References

• “kult” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin cultusbor.

French cultebor.

Polish kult

Borrowed from French culte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkult/

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• Rhymes: -ult
• Syllabification: kult

Noun

kult m inan (related adjective kultowy)

1. (derogatory, religion) cult, sect

   Synonym: sekta

2. (religion) cult (devotion to a saint)

Declension

Declension of kult

	singular	plural
nominative	kult	kulty
genitive	kultu	kultów
dative	kultowi	kultom
accusative	kult	kulty
instrumental	kultem	kultami
locative	kulcie	kultach
vocative	kulcie	kulty

Further reading

• “kult”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “kult”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kûlt/

Noun

kȕlt m inan (Cyrillic spelling ку̏лт)

1. cult

Declension

Declension of kult

	singular	plural
nominative	kȕlt	kùltovi
genitive	kulta	kultova
dative	kultu	kultovima
accusative	kult	kultove
vocative	kulte	kultovi
locative	kultu	kultovima
instrumental	kultom	kultovima

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French culte, from Latin cultus. Doublet of kultur.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

kult c

1. cult

Declension

Declension of kult

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kult	kults
	definite	kulten	kultens
plural	indefinite	kulter	kulters
	definite	kulterna	kulternas

Derived terms

• ankult
• druidkult
• dödskult
• falloskult
• fruktbarhetskult
• genikult
• helgonkult
• kroppskult
• kultband
• kultbok
• kultfigur
• kultfilm
• kultföremål
• kultförklarad
• kultklassiker
• kultplats
• kultstatus
• kändiskult
• ledarkult
• madonnakult
• nakenkult
• personkult
• satanskult
• solkult
• stjärnkult
• ungdomskult
• voodookult

See also

• sekt

References

• “kult”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “kult”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “kult”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)