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Kult

/kʊlt/· noun· Pl. die Kulte

cult, worship (religion); cult (excessive admiration); (colloquial) cult status — Kult sein = to be iconic

Der Kult — religious worship or a cult (ein antiker Kult, der Totenkult); excessive admiration (der Kult um einen Star); and in everyday speech something with a devoted following is Kult: ein Kultfilm.

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Singular
der Kult
Plural
die Kulte
Genitiv
des Kults

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Kult
religious worship, cult

In der Antike gab es in der Stadt einen Kult um eine Göttin der Fruchtbarkeit.

In antiquity there was a cult of a fertility goddess in the town.

Word family

Kultder Kultfilmcult filmdie Kultfigurcult figurekultigcool, iconic (colloquial)der Personenkultpersonality cult

Common combinations

  • Kult seinto be iconic
  • einen Kult um jemanden treibento make a cult of someone
  • Kultstatus erreichento achieve cult status

Common learner mistakes

  • Er ist in einem Kult.
    Er ist in einer Sekte.
    A harmful religious group ("a cult") is eine Sekte; der Kult is worship, admiration or cult status.

Real examples

  • Der Diktator ließ einen regelrechten Kult um seine Person inszenieren.The dictator had a veritable personality cult staged around himself.
  • Die Komödie aus den Achtzigern ist heute absoluter Kult.The comedy from the eighties is now an absolute cult classic.
  • Archäologen entdeckten Reste eines Tempels, der einem unbekannten Kult diente.Archaeologists discovered the remains of a temple that served an unknown cult.

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