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

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

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

From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2022

Kavala is the founder of a nonprofit organization, Anadolu Kultur, which focuses on cultural and artistic projects promoting peace and dialogue.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 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

There is much besides this to indicate that Carlyle’s praise of Germany in the eighteenth and early nineteenth  centuries is anything but evidence that he would endorse Kultur and Schrecklichkeit.

From The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 by Various