Kulturhauptstadt
German, noun[kʊlˈtuːɐ̯haʊ̯ptˌʃtat]
Kulturhauptstadt is spelled K-U-L-T-U-R-H-A-U-P-T-S-T-A-D-T (16 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 49,558th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kulturhauptstadt is a German feminine noun meaning “cultural capital” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von einer Jury oder einem Gremium vergebener Titel für eine Stadt oder Region, um das kulturelle Erbe…”.
What does Kulturhauptstadt mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecultural capital
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. von einer Jury oder einem Gremium vergebener Titel für eine Stadt oder Region, um das kulturelle Erbe hervorzuheben 2. Stadt, die als kulturell bedeutend für eine Region angesehen wird
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 Kulturhauptstadt
- Kulturhauptstädte plural
- Kulturhauptstädten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kulturhauptstadt?
- [kʊlˈtuːɐ̯haʊ̯ptˌʃtat]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kulturhauptstadt in German?
Kulturhauptstadt appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).