"Kitsch" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɪt͡ʃ/ Audio: De-Kitsch.ogg
Etymology: From the dialectal imitative verb kitschen (“to smear”). Etymology templates: {{m|de|kitschen||to smear}} 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

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Kitsch meaning in German (4.4kB)

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          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: kitsch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: kitsch"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "刻奇",
            "bor": "l"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Chinese: 刻奇 (kèqí)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Chinese: 刻奇 (kèqí)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "kitsch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: kitsch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: kitsch"
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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "kitsch",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ English: kitsch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ English: kitsch"
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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "fr",
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ French: kitsch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: kitsch"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "2": "giccs",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hungarian: giccs",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hungarian: giccs"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "it",
            "2": "kitsch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: kitsch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: kitsch"
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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "kicz",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: kicz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Polish: kicz"
    },
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: kitsch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Portuguese: kitsch"
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "kȉč",
            "3": "ки̏ч",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: kȉč, ки̏ч",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: kȉč, ки̏ч"
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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "kitsch",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Spanish: kitsch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Spanish: kitsch"
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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "kitsch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: kitsch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Swedish: kitsch"
    }
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        "3": "",
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    {
      "form": "Kitschs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "masculine strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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      "source": "declension",
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    {
      "form": "Kitsches",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Kitschs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Kitsch",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Kitsche",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        }
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        {
          "word": "kitschig"
        },
        {
          "word": "verkitschen"
        },
        {
          "word": "Edelkitsch"
        }
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        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "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.",
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        }
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          "kitsch",
          "kitsch"
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        "(derogatory) kitsch"
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          "word": "Geschmacklosigkeit"
        },
        {
          "word": "Nippes"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ramsch"
        },
        {
          "word": "Schund"
        },
        {
          "word": "Trash"
        }
      ],
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        "masculine",
        "no-plural",
        "strong"
      ]
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    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1a/De-Kitsch.ogg/De-Kitsch.ogg.mp3",
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      "text": "Audio"
    }
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}
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  "categories": [
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    "Pennsylvania German feminine nouns",
    "Pennsylvania German lemmas",
    "Pennsylvania German nouns"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "kitschig"
    },
    {
      "word": "verkitschen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Edelkitsch"
    }
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          "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,
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        {
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            "2": "kitsch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: kitsch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: kitsch"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "bor": "1"
          },
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      "text": "→ English: kitsch"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "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": [
        {
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            "1": "it",
            "2": "kitsch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: kitsch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: kitsch"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "2": "kicz",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Polish: kicz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: kicz"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "2": "kitsch",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: kitsch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: kitsch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "kȉč",
            "3": "ки̏ч",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: kȉč, ки̏ч",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: kȉč, ки̏ч"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "kitsch",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Spanish: kitsch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: kitsch"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "kitsch",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: kitsch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: kitsch"
    }
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        "genitive"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "Kitsches",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "Kitschs",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "Kitsch",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "Kitsche",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "German derogatory terms",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German masculine nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "German terms with audio links",
        "German terms with quotations",
        "German uncountable nouns",
        "Requests for translations of German quotations"
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          "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.",
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          "kitsch",
          "kitsch"
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          "word": "Geschmacklosigkeit"
        },
        {
          "word": "Nippes"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ramsch"
        },
        {
          "word": "Schund"
        },
        {
          "word": "Trash"
        }
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