Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kultur

/kʊlˈtuːɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.13 in modern English

Syllables: kul-tur
IPA: /kʊlˈtuːɹ/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

German culture or civilization, especially seen as authoritarian or racist during the period of world wars (1914-18 and 1939-45)

Uncountable

noun

Alternative spelling of kultur.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"The bestialization produced by war and militant patriotism came openly to the front with all the horrors of savagery, rapine, deportation, atrocities, and the inhuman slaughter of millions of human beings for the glory of the Fatherland and Kultur and for "the making of the world fit for Democracy.""

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Kultur, cultūra

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

How do you pronounce kultur?: The recorded pronunciation is /kʊlˈtuːɹ/.
What does kultur mean?: German culture or civilization, especially seen as authoritarian or racist during the period of world wars (1914-18 and 1939-45)
Where does kultur come from?: It is traced to German.

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