Kulturwort

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kulturwort, from Kultur (“culture”) +‎ Wort (“word”).

Noun

Kulturwort (plural Kulturworts)

1. (linguistics) A word borrowed among many languages denoting a cross-cultural concept.

Coordinate terms

• Wanderwort

See also

• internationalism

German

Etymology

From Kultur (“culture”) +‎ Wort (“word”).

Noun

Kulturwort n (strong, genitive Kulturwortes or Kulturworts, plural Kulturwörter)

1. (linguistics) Kulturwort

Declension

Declension of Kulturwort [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Kulturwort	die	Kulturwörter
genitive	eines	des	Kulturwortes, Kulturworts	der	Kulturwörter
dative	einem	dem	Kulturwort, Kulturworte1	den	Kulturwörtern
accusative	ein	das	Kulturwort	die	Kulturwörter

¹Now uncommon, see notes.

Descendants

• → English: Kulturwort