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Kultur

American  
[kool-toor] / kʊlˈtur /

noun

German.
  1. (in Nazi Germany) native culture, held to be superior to that of other countries and subordinating the individual to national interests.

  2. culture.

  3. a civilization characteristic of a time or a people.


Kultur British  
/ kʊlˈtʊə /

noun

  1. (often used ironically) German civilization, esp as characterized by authoritarianism and earnestness

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Kultur

German, from Latin cultūra culture

Example Sentences

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The statement did not offer details about Utopia’s European benefactors, except to say they included a private foundation called Kunst und Kultur DM.

From New York Times Aug. 1, 2022

Mr. Kavala, 64, founded Anadolu Kultur, an organization that promotes diversity, culture and human rights.

From Washington Post Apr. 29, 2022

The family outfitted young Gropius abundantly with Kultur, but industry was everywhere in fin-de-siècle Berlin, whose population more than doubled between 1871 and 1900, to 1.9 million.

From The New Yorker Apr. 22, 2019

"I know perfectly well there are those killjoys whom orthodoxy, or what they like to call orthodoxy, invariably takes precedence over pleasure," Miller said in the introduction to the video, available on Kultur.

From Seattle Times Jan. 23, 2013

He was destined soon to be enlightened as to the true significance of the Kultur which a jack-boot philosophy offers to the rest of the world.

From The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 by Tracy, Louis

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