kultur

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English

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Borrowed from German Kultur, from Latin cultūra; doublet of culture.

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kultur (uncountable)

  1. German culture or civilization, especially seen as authoritarian or racist during the period of world wars (1914-18 and 1939-45)
    • 1963: so much rot spoken about their inferior kultur-position and our herrenschaft – but that was for the Kaiser and the businessmen at home — Thomas Pynchon, V.

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Danish

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From Latin cultūra, from colō (I cultivate, nurture).

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kultur c (singular definite kulturen, plural indefinite kulturer)

  1. culture

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch cultuur (culture), from Middle French culture (cultivation; culture), from Latin cultūra (cultivation; culture), from cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (till, cultivate, worship) (related to colōnus and colōnia), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (to move; to turn (around)).

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkʊltʊr]
  • Hyphenation: kul‧tur

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kultur (first-person possessive kulturku, second-person possessive kulturmu, third-person possessive kulturnya)

  1. culture,
    1. practices and beliefs particular to a society or group.
    2. tillage of crops, collection of (micro-)organisms; cultivation

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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From Latin cultūra, from colō (I cultivate, nurture).

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kultur m (definite singular kulturen, indefinite plural kulturer, definite plural kulturene)

  1. culture

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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From Latin cultūra, from colō (I cultivate, nurture).

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kultur m (definite singular kulturen, indefinite plural kulturar, definite plural kulturane)

  1. culture

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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From Latin cultūra, from colō (I cultivate, nurture).

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kultur c

  1. culture (customs, etc.)
  2. culture ((higher) art, etc.)
  3. a culture (group with common culture)
  4. (botany, agriculture) culture
  5. (microbiology) a culture

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