Kult
German, noun/kʊlt/
Kult is spelled K-U-L-T (4 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written German, the 8,191st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kult is a German masculine noun meaning “cult (religious ritual)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf bestimmten Abläufen und Riten beruhende Verehrung einer Gottheit”.
What does Kult mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecult (religious ritual)
- 2
informalmasculinesomething iconic, emblematic, famous, that has a cult following
Dieser Film ist Kult, ein absoluter Kultfilm.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. auf bestimmten Abläufen und Riten beruhende Verehrung einer Gottheit 2. übertriebene und unverhältnismäßige Verehrung einer Sache oder einer Person 3. besonders intensiver/sorgfältiger Umgang mit etwas
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 Kult
- Kultes genitive
- Kults genitive
- Kulte plural
- Kulten dative definite plural
- Kultus alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kult?
- /kʊlt/
- [kʊlt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kult
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kult in German?
Kult appears 8.3 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).