German

Noun

Kunst f ‎(genitive Kunst, plural Künste)

1. art
2. (now chiefly as the first part of compound words) something artificially created or manufactured, as opposed to something natural
   • 2009, Dorit Steenhusen, Träume Schäume Fieberwahn, page 75:

     Und „wer kann es wirklich unterscheiden, ob sie echt sind oder nur Kunst? Sie sind so sündhaft teuer,“ hatte sie noch hinzugefügt.

     And "who can really tell, if they are real or only artificial (things)? They are so terribly expensive," she added.

   Kunstschnee

Declension

Derived terms

Danish

Noun

kunst c (singular definite kunsten, plural indefinite kunster)

1. art
2. artistry
3. skill
4. trick

Declension

References

• “kunst” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cunst, const, cunste, conste ‎(“skill, ability, knowledge, craft”), from Old Dutch *kunst ‎(“knowledge, know-how, skill”), from Proto-Germanic *kunstiz ‎(“knowledge, ability”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenH-, *ǵnō- ‎(“to know”), equivalent to kun(nen) + -st. Cognate with Old Saxon kunst ‎(“skill, wisdom”), Old High German kunst ‎(“knowledge, wisdon, skill”), Old Frisian kunst, konst, kenst ‎(“knowledge”). More at cunning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʏnst/

Noun

kunst f ‎(plural kunsten, diminutive kunstje n)

1. art
2. prowess, ability
3. (in the diminutive) trick (entertaining action)

Derived terms

Anagrams

• knust

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German kunst

Noun

kunst m ‎(definite singular kunsten, indefinite plural kunster, definite plural kunstene)

1. art

   abstrakt kunst - abstract art

2. (in some compound words) artificial, man-made; see also kunstig.

Derived terms

• kunstform
• kunstgalleri
• kunstmaler
• kunstverk

References

• “kunst” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German kunst

Noun

kunst m, f ‎(definite singular kunsten or kunsta, indefinite plural kunstar or kunster, definite plural kunstane or kunstene)

1. art
2. (in some compound words) artificial, man-made; see also kunstig.

Derived terms

• kunstform
• kunstgalleri
• kunstverk

References

• “kunst” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

Noun

kunst f

1. art

Derived terms

• kynstlich