Kitsch

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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.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of Kitsch

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Kitsch
genitive	eines	des	Kitsches, Kitschs
dative	einem	dem	Kitsch, Kitsche¹
accusative	einen	den	Kitsch

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Catalan: kitsch
→ Chinese: 刻奇 (kèqí)
→ Czech: kýč
→ Danish: kitsch
→ English: kitsch
→ French: kitsch
→ Hungarian: giccs
→ Italian: kitsch
→ Polish: kicz
→ Portuguese: kitsch
→ Serbo-Croatian: kȉč, ки̏ч
→ Spanish: kitsch
→ Swedish: kitsch
→ Ukrainian: кітч (kitč), кіч (kič)

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)

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