kultur
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Kultur, from Latin cultūra; doublet of culture.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kultur (uncountable)
- 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 edit
- “kultur”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin cultūra, from colō (“I cultivate, nurture”).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ur
Noun edit
kultur c (singular definite kulturen, plural indefinite kulturer)
Declension edit
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kultur | kulturen | kulturer | kulturerne |
| genitive | kulturs | kulturens | kulturers | kulturernes |
Derived terms edit
- kulturchok n (“culture shock”)
- kulturel (“cultural”)
- kulturrevolution c (“cultural revolution”)
References edit
- “kultur” in Den Danske Ordbog
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch cultuur (“culture”), from Middle French culture (“cultivation; culture”), from Latin cultūra (“cultivation; culture”), from cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“till, cultivate, worship”) (related to colōnus and colōnia), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kultur (first-person possessive kulturku, second-person possessive kulturmu, third-person possessive kulturnya)
- culture,
- practices and beliefs particular to a society or group.
- tillage of crops, collection of (micro-)organisms; cultivation
Synonyms edit
- (practices, beliefs) kebudayaan
- (crops, cultivation) budidaya, kultivasi
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “kultur” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Latin cultūra, from colō (“I cultivate, nurture”).
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
kultur m (definite singular kulturen, indefinite plural kulturer, definite plural kulturene)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “kultur” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Latin cultūra, from colō (“I cultivate, nurture”).
Noun edit
kultur m (definite singular kulturen, indefinite plural kulturar, definite plural kulturane)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “kultur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin cultūra, from colō (“I cultivate, nurture”).
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
kultur c
- culture, cultivation (biological life growing under human control, the opposite of nature)
- culture, spiritual cultivation: habits, traditions, religion, knowledge, language, education (characterizing human life)
- arts, cultural affairs, endowments
Declension edit
| Declension of kultur | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | kultur | kulturen | kulturer | kulturerna |
| Genitive | kulturs | kulturens | kulturers | kulturernas |
Related terms edit
- amatörkultur
- bakteriekultur
- barnkultur
- finkultur
- högkultur
- interkulturell (“intercultural”)
- kulturanslag
- kulturarbetare
- kulturarv n (“cultural heritage”)
- kulturbegrepp
- kulturbudget c (“(state) budget for (the ministry of) cultural affairs”)
- kulturdepartement n (“ministry of culture”)
- kulturfolk
- kulturföretagande n (“cultural or artistic entrepreneurship”)
- kulturförvaltning
- kulturhistoria
- kulturhus
- kulturinstitution c (“cultural institution”)
- kulturliv n (“cultural life, the arts”)
- kulturmiljö
- kulturminister c (“minister for culture”)
- kulturminne
- kulturmjölk
- kulturmyndighet c (“cultural public authority”)
- kulturnatt
- kulturnämnd
- kulturområde n (“an area of culture or cultural affairs; the political area of cultural affairs”)
- kulturpolitik c (“the politics of cultural affairs and endowments”)
- kulturproposition c (“a bill for the politics of cultural affairs”)
- kulturråd n (“council for cultural affairs, arts council; counsellor for cultural affairs”)
- kultursektor
- kulturskapare c (“artist, cultural creator”)
- kulturskymning
- kulturstubbe
- kulturstöd
- kultursyn c (“view of culture”)
- kulturtidskrift
- kulturupplevelse
- kulturutredning c (“government report on the politics of cultural affairs”)
- kulturutskott n (“parliamentary committee on cultural affairs”)
- monokultur
- motkultur
- mångkultur
- världskultur