Kulturträger

English

Alternative forms
  • kulturtraeger
  • Kulturtraeger

Etymology

From German Kulturträger.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʊlˈtuːɹtɹɛːɡəɹ/

Noun

Kulturträger (plural Kulturträgers)

  1. Someone or something that transmits cultural ideals, especially from one generation to the next.
    • 2007, Perry Anderson, "Russia's Managed Democracy", London Review of Books 29:2, page 8,
      All this was demoralising enough for an intelligentsia that, whatever its internal disputes, had always taken its role as Kulturträger for granted.

German

Etymology

From Kultur (“culture”) + Träger (“bearer”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʊlˈtuːɐ̯ˌtʁɛːɡɐ/
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Noun

Kulturträger m (genitive Kulturträgers, plural Kulturträger, female Kulturträgerin)

  1. Someone or something that transmits cultural ideals, especially from one generation to the next.

Declension
Declension of Kulturträger
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Kulturträger die Kulturträger
genitive eines des Kulturträgers der Kulturträger
dative einem dem Kulturträger den Kulturträgern
accusative einen den Kulturträger die Kulturträger

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