Kitsch
Appearance
See also: kitsch
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the dialectal imitative verb kitschen (“to smear”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Kitsch m (strong, genitive Kitsches or Kitschs, no plural)
- (derogatory) kitsch
- Synonyms: Geschmacklosigkeit, Nippes, Ramsch, Schund, Trash
- 1904, Maximilian Bern, “Arme Natur!”, in Die zehnte Muse:
- Die Wolken viel zu wenig bunt, / Die Berge völlig falsch gestaltet; / Was sie erzeugt, ist Kitsch und Schund, / In Stoff und Kolorit veraltet.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Kitsch [sg-only, masculine, strong]
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Kitsch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Kitsch” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- Kitsch on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Kitsch” in Duden online
Pennsylvania German
[edit]Noun
[edit]Kitsch f
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