Vocabulary
die
Streitkultur
/ˈʃtʁaɪ̯tkʊlˌtuːɐ̯/· noun· Pl. die Streitkulturen
culture of debate: how a society argues
A favourite word of commentators: a good Streitkultur means arguing hard about the matter and fairly with the person.
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- Singular
- die Streitkultur
- Plural
- die Streitkulturen
- Genitiv
- der Streitkultur
One word, many lives
Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
Streitkultur
culture of debate
Unsere Streitkultur hat sich verändert.
The way we argue has changed.
Word family
Streitkulturder Streitdispute, quarrelstreitento arguedie Kulturculture
Common combinations
- eine faire Streitkultura fair culture of debate
- die Streitkultur pflegento cultivate a culture of debate
- der Verfall der Streitkulturthe decline of the culture of debate
Real examples
- Eine gute Streitkultur hält auch harte Meinungen aus.A good culture of debate can take even hard-hitting opinions.
- Der Leitartikel beklagt den Verfall der Streitkultur.The editorial laments the decline of the culture of debate.
- Die Soziologin betonte, Streitkultur müsse man lernen.The sociologist emphasised that a culture of debate has to be learnt.
