Kultur

[ kool-toor ]

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 ( def 4 ).
3. a civilization characteristic of a time or a people.

Kultur

/ kʊlˈtʊə /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Kultur¹

German, from Latin cultūra culture

Example Sentences

Naval "Kultur" began the day before yesterday, and the report to-day is that a Norwegian neutral was torpedoed.

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Now it was merely so much waste land, dedicated to uselessness by efficiency and kultur.

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Kultur is an abomination; philology is an abomination, all repressive uniforming education is an evil.

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The French, however, have been very loth to touch this unclean product of German Kultur.

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We dont want your Kaiser, nor your Kultur, nor your Kolossal, nor your capital.

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