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NORWEGIAN BOKMÅL · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

kulten.

unpleasant, disgusting, repulsive

6 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈkʉl.tən/
  1. unpleasant, disgusting, repulsive

    colloquial
  2. poor, bad, wretched; unsatisfactory

    colloquial
  3. unpleasant, mean, despicable

    colloquial
    Det var kultent gjort.
Where this word comes from

From dialectal kulten (“half-rotten, mouldy”), with a semantic development from “half-rotten, mouldy” to “unpleasant, disgusting” and later “poor, bad”. The further origin is unknown.

adj/ˈkʉl.tən/
  1. stocky, stout, thickset, and strongly built

    colloquial
    Fisken er rund og kulten.
Where this word comes from

From kult (“stocky, stout person or animal”) + -en (“adjective-forming suffix”).

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