"Kitsch" meaning in German

See Kitsch in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɪt͡ʃ/ Audio: De-Kitsch.ogg
Etymology: From the dialectal imitative verb kitschen (“to smear”). Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s.sg}} Kitsch m (strong, genitive Kitsches or Kitschs, no plural) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s.sg}} Forms: Kitsches [genitive], Kitschs [genitive], masculine strong [table-tags], Kitsch [nominative, singular], Kitsches [genitive, singular], Kitschs [genitive, singular], Kitsch [dative, singular], Kitsche [dative, singular], Kitsch [accusative, singular]
  1. (derogatory) kitsch Tags: derogatory, masculine, no-plural, strong Synonyms: Geschmacklosigkeit, Nippes, Ramsch, Schund, Trash Derived forms: kitschig, verkitschen, Edelkitsch
    Sense id: en-Kitsch-de-noun-r3~vblD9 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 68 1 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 1 39

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "kitsch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: kitsch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: kitsch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "刻奇",
            "bor": "l"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Chinese: 刻奇 (kèqí)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Chinese: 刻奇 (kèqí)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "kitsch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: kitsch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: kitsch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "kitsch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: kitsch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: kitsch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "kitsch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: kitsch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: kitsch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "giccs",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hungarian: giccs",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hungarian: giccs"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "kitsch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: kitsch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: kitsch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "kicz",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: kicz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: kicz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "kitsch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: kitsch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: kitsch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "kȉč",
            "3": "ки̏ч",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: kȉč, ки̏ч",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: kȉč, ки̏ч"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "kitsch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: kitsch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: kitsch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "kitsch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: kitsch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: kitsch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uk",
            "2": "кітч",
            "3": "кіч",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ukrainian: кітч (kitč), кіч (kič)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ukrainian: кітч (kitč), кіч (kič)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the dialectal imitative verb kitschen (“to smear”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Kitsches",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kitschs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "masculine strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kitsch",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kitsches",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kitschs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kitsch",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kitsche",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kitsch",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s.sg"
      },
      "expansion": "Kitsch m (strong, genitive Kitsches or Kitschs, no plural)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s.sg"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 1 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 1 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "kitschig"
        },
        {
          "word": "verkitschen"
        },
        {
          "word": "Edelkitsch"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1904, Maximilian Bern, “Arme Natur!”, in Die zehnte Muse:",
          "text": "Die Wolken viel zu wenig bunt, / Die Berge völlig falsch gestaltet; / Was sie erzeugt, ist Kitsch und Schund, / In Stoff und Kolorit veraltet.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "kitsch"
      ],
      "id": "en-Kitsch-de-noun-r3~vblD9",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "kitsch",
          "kitsch"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory) kitsch"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Geschmacklosigkeit"
        },
        {
          "word": "Nippes"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ramsch"
        },
        {
          "word": "Schund"
        },
        {
          "word": "Trash"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "masculine",
        "no-plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɪt͡ʃ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Kitsch.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1a/De-Kitsch.ogg/De-Kitsch.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/De-Kitsch.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kitsch"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header",
    "Pennsylvania German feminine nouns",
    "Pennsylvania German lemmas",
    "Pennsylvania German nouns"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "kitschig"
    },
    {
      "word": "verkitschen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Edelkitsch"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "kitsch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: kitsch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: kitsch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "刻奇",
            "bor": "l"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Chinese: 刻奇 (kèqí)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Chinese: 刻奇 (kèqí)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "kitsch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: kitsch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: kitsch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "kitsch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: kitsch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: kitsch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "kitsch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: kitsch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: kitsch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "giccs",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hungarian: giccs",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hungarian: giccs"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "kitsch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: kitsch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: kitsch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "kicz",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: kicz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: kicz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "kitsch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: kitsch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: kitsch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "kȉč",
            "3": "ки̏ч",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: kȉč, ки̏ч",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: kȉč, ки̏ч"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "kitsch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: kitsch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: kitsch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "kitsch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: kitsch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: kitsch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uk",
            "2": "кітч",
            "3": "кіч",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ukrainian: кітч (kitč), кіч (kič)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ukrainian: кітч (kitč), кіч (kič)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the dialectal imitative verb kitschen (“to smear”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Kitsches",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kitschs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "masculine strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kitsch",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kitsches",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kitschs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kitsch",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kitsche",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kitsch",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s.sg"
      },
      "expansion": "Kitsch m (strong, genitive Kitsches or Kitschs, no plural)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s.sg"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German derogatory terms",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German masculine nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "German terms with quotations",
        "German uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for translations of German quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1904, Maximilian Bern, “Arme Natur!”, in Die zehnte Muse:",
          "text": "Die Wolken viel zu wenig bunt, / Die Berge völlig falsch gestaltet; / Was sie erzeugt, ist Kitsch und Schund, / In Stoff und Kolorit veraltet.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "kitsch"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "kitsch",
          "kitsch"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory) kitsch"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Geschmacklosigkeit"
        },
        {
          "word": "Nippes"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ramsch"
        },
        {
          "word": "Schund"
        },
        {
          "word": "Trash"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "masculine",
        "no-plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɪt͡ʃ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Kitsch.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1a/De-Kitsch.ogg/De-Kitsch.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/De-Kitsch.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kitsch"
}

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