Philistine

"Philistine" in German

Banause

(lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)

Spießer

(lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)

philiströs

(lacking in appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture)

Banause

(person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)

Banausin

(person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)

Barbar

(person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)

Barbarin

(person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)

Ignorant

(person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)

Ignorantin

(person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)

Kulturbanause

(person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)

Kulturbanausin

(person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)

Kunstbanause

(person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)

Kunstbanausin

(person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)

Kunstbarbar

(person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)

Kunstbarbarin

(person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)

Philister

(non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)

Philister

(person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)

Philisterin

(non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)

Philisterin

(person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)

Primitivling

(person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)

Prolet

(person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)

Proletin

(person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)

Spießbürger

(person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)

Spießbürgerin

(person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)

Spießer

(person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)

Spießerin

(person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)

Sumper

(person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)

Sumperin

(person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of culture)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.