Kitsch

See also: kitsch

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪt͡ʃ/
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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

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

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)
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