Kitsch

See also: kitsch

German

Etymology

From the dialectal imitative verb kitschen (“to smear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪt͡ʃ/

• Audio:

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Noun

Kitsch m (strong, genitive Kitsches or Kitschs, no plural)

1. (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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of Kitsch [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Kitsch
genitive	eines	des	Kitsches, Kitschs
dative	einem	dem	Kitsch, Kitsche1
accusative	einen	den	Kitsch

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• kitschig
• verkitschen
• Edelkitsch

Descendants

• → Catalan: kitsch
• → Chinese: 刻奇 (kèqí)
• → Danish: kitsch
• → English: kitsch
• → French: kitsch
• → Hungarian: giccs
• → Italian: kitsch
• → Polish: kicz
• → Portuguese: kitsch
• → Serbo-Croatian: kȉč, ки̏ч
• → Spanish: kitsch
• → Swedish: kitsch
• → Ukrainian: кітч (kitč), кіч (kič)

Further reading

• “Kitsch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Kitsch” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• Kitsch on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Kitsch” in Duden online

Pennsylvania German

Noun

Kitsch f

1. rake
2. scraper (for scraping up ashes)