See also: kitsch

German edit

Etymology edit

From the dialectal imitative verb kitschen (to smear).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪt͡ʃ/
  • (file)

Noun edit

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

  1. (derogatory) kitsch
    Synonyms: Geschmacklosigkeit, Nippes, Ramsch, Schund, Trash

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • 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

Further reading edit

Pennsylvania German edit

Noun edit

Kitsch f

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