kultur

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kultur, from Latin cultūra; doublet of culture.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʊlˈtuːɹ/
  • (file)

Noun

kultur (uncountable)

  1. 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

Danish

Etymology

From Latin cultūra, from colō (I cultivate, nurture).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ur

Noun

kultur c (singular definite kulturen, plural indefinite kulturer)

  1. culture

Declension

Derived terms

References

Indonesian

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): [ˈkʊltʊr]
  • Hyphenation: kul‧tur

Noun

kultur (first-person possessive kulturku, second-person possessive kulturmu, third-person possessive kulturnya)

  1. culture,
    1. practices and beliefs particular to a society or group.
    2. tillage of crops, collection of (micro-)organisms; cultivation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • mengultur
  • kultur disiplin
  • kultur ekstensif
  • kultur jaringan
  • kultur murni
  • kultur tertutup

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin cultūra, from colō (I cultivate, nurture).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

kultur m (definite singular kulturen, indefinite plural kulturer, definite plural kulturene)

  1. culture

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin cultūra, from colō (I cultivate, nurture).

Noun

kultur m (definite singular kulturen, indefinite plural kulturar, definite plural kulturane)

  1. culture

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin cultūra, from colō (I cultivate, nurture).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

kultur c

  1. culture, cultivation (biological life growing under human control, the opposite of nature)
  2. culture, spiritual cultivation: habits, traditions, religion, knowledge, language, education (characterizing human life)
  3. arts, cultural affairs, endowments

Declension

Declension of kultur 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kultur kulturen kulturer kulturerna
Genitive kulturs kulturens kulturers kulturernas
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