kultur

See also: Kultur, kültür, kultûr, and kultür

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʊlˈtuːɹ/

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”).

Noun

kultur c (singular definite kulturen, plural indefinite kulturer)

  1. culture

Declension
Declension of kultur
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kultur kulturen kulturer kulturerne
genitive kulturs kulturens kulturers kulturernes

Derived terms

References

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch cultuur (“culture”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kul.tur/
  • Hyphenation: kul‧tur

Noun

kultur

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

Synonyms

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

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Noun

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

  1. culture

Derived terms
Terms derived from kultur

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
  • audio(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
  • interkulturell (“intercultural”)
  • kulturarv n (“cultural heritage”)
  • kulturbudget c (“(state) budget for (the ministry of) cultural affairs”)
  • kulturdepartement n (“ministry of culture”)
  • kulturföretagande n (“cultural or artistic entrepreneurship”)
  • kulturinstitution c (“cultural institution”)
  • kulturliv n (“cultural life, the arts”)
  • kulturminister c (“minister for culture”)
  • kulturmyndighet c (“cultural public authority”)
  • 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”)
  • kulturskapare c (“artist, cultural creator”)
  • kultursyn c (“view of culture”)
  • kulturutredning c (“government report on the politics of cultural affairs”)
  • kulturutskott n (“parliamentary committee on cultural affairs”)
  • amatörkultur
  • bakteriekultur
  • barnkultur
  • finkultur
  • kulturanslag
  • kulturarbetare
  • kulturbegrepp
  • kulturförvaltning
  • kulturhistoria
  • kulturhus
  • kulturmiljö
  • kulturminne
  • kulturmjölk
  • kulturnatt
  • kulturnämnd
  • kultursektor
  • kulturskymning
  • kulturstöd
  • kulturtidskrift
  • kulturupplevelse
  • monokultur
  • motkultur
  • mångkultur
  • världskultur
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