Meanings
krautrock1
nounkrautrock (uncountable)
alternative Krautrock
- capitalizedsometimesuncountableentertainmentA genre of German experimental rock music from the 1970s.
Many krautrock bands arose out of the West German student counterculture and connected leftist political activism with experimental rock music and, later, electronic sounds.
2016, Ulrich Adelt, Krautrock: German Music in the Seventies, University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 2Synonyms: kosmische, kosmische musik
Krautrock2
nounKrautrock (uncountable)
- uncountableAlternative letter-case form of krautrock.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA genre of German experimental rock music from the 1970s.
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Origin
- GermanKraut
- EnglishKraut
- Middle Englishrokken
- Englishrock
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
- Proto-Germanic*andi
- Old Englishand
- Middle Englishand
- Englishand
- Proto-Indo-European*Hreth₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*Hróth₂eh₂
- Proto-Italic*rotā
- Latinrota
- Latinrotula
- Latinrotulāre
- Old Frenchroeler
- Middle Englishrollen
- Englishroll
- Englishrock and rollellip.
- Englishrock
- Englishkrautrock
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 泡菜搖滾 /泡菜摇滚
- 泡菜搖滾 /泡菜摇滚 (pàocài yáogǔn)a genre of German experimental rock music from the 1970s
French krautrock
- krautrocka genre of German experimental rock music from the 1970s
German Krautrock
- Krautrocka genre of German experimental rock music from the 1970s
Polish krautrock
- krautrocka genre of German experimental rock music from the 1970s
Portuguese krautrock
- krautrocka genre of German experimental rock music from the 1970s
Russian краут-ро́к
- краут-ро́к (kraut-rók)a genre of German experimental rock music from the 1970s
Turkish krautrock
- krautrocka genre of German experimental rock music from the 1970s
Cite this entry
APA
krautrock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/krautrock
MLA
“krautrock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/krautrock. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “krautrock,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/krautrock.
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