2. Noun. German culture or civilization, especially seen as authoritarian or racist during the period of world wars (1914-18 and 1939-45) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kultur
1. culture; civilization [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kultur
Literary usage of Kultur
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The savages lacked such complexity of life forms and social products and were
therefore said to have no kultur, while between those primitive tribes and the ..."
2. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"The Spartans and Macedonians had abundant kultur; they generally beat the Athenians,
... The Romans had kultur, and the Hellenistic world wore their yoke. ..."
3. The New York Times Current History of the European War (1915)
"The Spartan* and Macedonian)! had abundant kultur; they generally beat the
Athenian«, who had merely very high culture. The Roman» had kultur, ..."
4. Raemaekers' Cartoons by Louis Raemaekers (1916)
"The Christmas of kultur, AD 1915 MARY, worn with grief and fear, covers her
emaciated face with scarred hands, as she kneels in prayer before the infant ..."
5. Proceedings by International Congress of Americanists (1906)
"In der Gegend von Trujillo fand ich zunächst in Chanchan, also Gran Chimu, dieselbe
späte kultur schwarzer Gefässe, wie in Lambayeque-Pachacamac, ..."
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