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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. 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
“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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Kultur1

German, from Latin cultūra culture
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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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