Kulturnation

Kultur (“culture”) +‎ Nation (“nation”)

• IPA^(key): /kʊlˈtuːɐ̯naˌt͡si̯on/
• Hyphenation: Kul‧tur‧na‧ti‧on

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Kulturnation f (genitive Kulturnation, plural Kulturnationen)

1. A nation defined by or as seen through a shared culture, as opposed to other traits.
   • 2005 April 3, Wolfgang Thierse, “Die Kulturnation”, in Deutschlandfunk Kultur‎:

     Und manche Intellektuelle hielten in West und Ost trotzig an der gemeinsamen Kulturnation fest – gegen die staatliche und ideologische Spaltung.

     And many intellectuals in West and East [Germany] held defiantly on to the common cultural nation – against state and ideological division.

• Kulturvolk
• Nationalkultur
• Staatsnation