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.

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Kultur British  

/ kʊlˈtʊə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Kultur

German, from Latin cultūra _culture

Example Sentences

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Kultur

After building up his family companies in the 1980s, he sought to address political conflict and founded Anadolu Kultur, an organization devoted to art and cultural exchanges.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2023

The benefactors include a private foundation called Kunst und Kultur DM, which is affiliated with Dietrich Mateschitz, an Austrian businessman who is a founder of Red Bull.

From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2022

The 64-year-old has been involved in numerous civil society projects over the decades, from a publishing house that aimed to foster social change after Turkey's 1980 coup to boosting culture through his Anadolu Kultur organisation.

From Reuters ● Apr. 25, 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 feel it would only be a fitting outcome of the Kultur to which your countrymen have risen.

From The Men Who Wrought by Ridgwell Cullum