Kulturträger

• kulturtraeger
• Kulturtraeger

From German Kulturträger.

• IPA^(key): /kʊlˈtuːɹtɹɛːɡəɹ/

Kulturträger (plural Kulturträgers)

1. Someone or something that transmits cultural ideals, especially from one generation to the next.
   • 1920, D.H. Lawrence, chapter 1, in Women in Love:

     She knew she was accepted in the world of culture and of intellect. She was a Kulturträger, a medium for the culture of ideas.

   • 2007, Perry Anderson, “Russia's Managed Democracy”, in 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.

From Kultur (“culture”) + Träger (“bearer”).

• IPA^(key): /kʊlˈtuːɐ̯ˌtʁɛːɡɐ/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /-ˌtʁeːɡɐ/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)

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• Hyphenation: Kul‧tur‧trä‧ger

Kulturträger m (strong, genitive Kulturträgers, plural Kulturträger, feminine Kulturträgerin)

1. Someone or something that transmits cultural ideals, especially from one generation to the next.

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