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Kulturträger
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English
Alternative forms
en kulturtraeger
en Kulturtraeger
Etymology
en :bor de:Kulturträger + 1
Pronunciation
en /kʊlˈtuːɹtɹɛːɡəɹ/
Noun
Someone or something that transmits cultural ideals, especially from one generation to the next.
1 She knew she was accepted in the world of culture and of intellect. She was a Kulturträger, a medium for the culture of ideas.
en 2007 Perry Anderson Russia's Managed Democracy London Review of Books 29:2, page 8 All this was demoralising enough for an intelligentsia that, whatever its internal disputes, had always taken its role as Kulturträger for granted.
German
Etymology
From de Kultur culture + de Träger bearer.
Pronunciation
de /kʊlˈtuːɐ̯ˌtʁɛːɡɐ/ standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland
de /-ˌtʁeːɡɐ/ overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions
de De-Kulturträger.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Kul tur trä ger
Noun
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Someone or something that transmits cultural ideals, especially from one generation to the next.
Declension
m
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