Kulturnation
German edit
Etymology edit
Kultur (“culture”) + Nation (“nation”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Kulturnation f (genitive Kulturnation, plural Kulturnationen)
- A nation defined by or as seen through a shared culture, as opposed to other traits.
- 2005 April 3, Wolfgang Thierse, “Die Kulturnation”, in Deutschlandfunk Kultur[1]:
- Und manche Intellektuelle hielten in West und Ost trotzig an der gemeinsamen Kulturnation fest – gegen die staatliche und ideologische Spaltung.
- And many intellectuals in West and East [Germany] held defiantly on to the common cultural nation – against state and ideological division.
Declension edit
Declension of Kulturnation [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Kulturnation | die | Kulturnationen |
| genitive | einer | der | Kulturnation | der | Kulturnationen |
| dative | einer | der | Kulturnation | den | Kulturnationen |
| accusative | eine | die | Kulturnation | die | Kulturnationen |