Krautrock

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A genre of German experimental rock music from the 1970s. capitalized, sometimes, uncountable

    "Many krautrock bands arose out of the West German student counterculture and connected leftist political activism with experimental rock music and, later, electronic sounds."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of krautrock. alt-of, uncountable

Synonyms

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kosmischekosmische musik

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"Many krautrock bands arose out of the West German student counterculture and connected leftist political activism with experimental rock music and, later, electronic sounds."

Etymology

From Kraut (“German”) + rock (“rock music”).

Related phrases

rock music

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