kultur

Alternative forms

• Kultur

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʊlˈtuːɹ/

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: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Etymology

From Latin cultūra, from colō (“I cultivate, nurture”).

Noun

kultur c (singular definite kulturen, plural indefinite kulturer)

1. culture

References

• “kultur” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology

From Latin cultūra, from colō (“I cultivate, nurture”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

kultur m (definite singular kulturen, indefinite plural kulturer, definite plural kulturene)

1. culture

References

• “kultur” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Latin cultūra, from colō (“I cultivate, nurture”).

Noun

kultur m (definite singular kulturen, indefinite plural kulturar, definite plural kulturane)

1. culture

References

• “kultur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

From Latin cultūra, from colō (“I cultivate, nurture”).

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

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