Kitsch
German, noun/ˈkɪt͡ʃ/
Kitsch is spelled K-I-T-S-C-H (6 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 26,796th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kitsch is a German masculine noun meaning “kitsch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Objekt der Kunst, Musik oder Literatur, welches als klischeehaft und geschmacklos angesehen wird und keinen…”.
What does Kitsch mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Objekt der Kunst, Musik oder Literatur, welches als klischeehaft und geschmacklos angesehen wird und keinen künstlerischen Wert hat
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Kitsch
- Kitsches genitive
- Kitschs genitive
- Kitsche dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kitsch?
- /ˈkɪt͡ʃ/
- [kɪt͡ʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kitsch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kitsch in German?
Kitsch appears 1.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).