"Kult" meaning in German

See Kult in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kʊlt/ Audio: De-Kult.ogg
Etymology: 17th century, from Latin cultus. Etymology templates: {{bor|de|la|cultus}} Latin cultus Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s}} Kult m (strong, genitive Kultes or Kults, plural Kulte) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s}} Forms: Kultes [genitive], Kults [genitive], Kulte [plural], strong [table-tags], Kult [nominative, singular], Kulte [definite, nominative, plural], Kultes [genitive, singular], Kults [genitive, singular], Kulte [definite, genitive, plural], Kult [dative, singular], Kulte [dative, singular], Kulten [dative, definite, plural], Kult [accusative, singular], Kulte [accusative, definite, plural], Kultus [alternative]
  1. cult (religious ritual) Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Kult-de-noun-u6jpG5B5 Categories (other): Religion Disambiguation of Religion: 84 16
  2. (informal, in compounds or predicative) something iconic, emblematic, famous, that has a cult following Tags: in-compounds, informal, masculine, predicative, strong
    Sense id: en-Kult-de-noun-96meaVoc Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: Heiligenkult, Mysterienkult Derived forms: kultisch

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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