Kitsch
See also: kitsch
German
Etymology
From the dialectal imitative verb kitschen (“to smear”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɪt͡ʃ/
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Noun
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.
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Declension
Declension of Kitsch [sg-only, masculine, strong]
| singular | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Kitsch |
| genitive | eines | des | Kitsches, Kitschs |
| dative | einem | dem | Kitsch, Kitsche1 |
| accusative | einen | den | Kitsch |
1Now uncommon, see notes.
Derived terms
- kitschig
- verkitschen
- Edelkitsch
Descendants
- → Catalan: kitsch
- → Chinese: 刻奇
- → Danish: kitsch
- → English: kitsch
- → French: kitsch
- → Hungarian: giccs
- → Italian: kitsch
- → Polish: kicz
- → Portuguese: kitsch
- → Serbo-Croatian: kȉč, ки̏ч
- → Spanish: kitsch
- → Swedish: kitsch
Further reading
- “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
Noun
Kitsch f
- rake
- scraper (for scraping up ashes)