Kunst

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German and Old High German kunst (knowledge) attested since the 9th century; ultimately from the verb können. Cognate with Swedish konst.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kʊnst/, [kʰʊnst]
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  • Rhymes: -ʊnst

Noun

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Kunst f (genitive Kunst, plural Künste)

  1. (uncountable, countable) art
    Kunstgeschichtehistory of art
    bildende Kunstvisual arts
    die sieben freien Künstethe seven liberal arts
    • 2001, Jurij Brězan, edited by Lucia Heine, Ze studnje lět/Brunnen der Jahre: Zběrka sentencow, aforistiskich myslow a zapisow/Eine Sammlung von Sentenzen, aphoristischen Gedanken und Notaten, 1st edition, Budyšin/Bautzen: Ludowe nakładnistwo Domowina/Domowina-Verlag, →ISBN, German section, page 61:
      Der Versuch des Mannes, die Frau zu ergründen, ist seit Jahrtausenden gescheitert. Das immer wieder zu versuchen liegt an der einfachen Konstruktion seines Hirns, das das Unmögliche nicht als unmöglich begreifen kann. Die Versuche misslangen, die Versuchung blieb, und daraus wurde Kunst.
      Man’s attempt to fathom women has failed for millennia. To still go on making these attempts is due to the simple construction of his brain that cannot grasp the impossible as impossible. The attempts failed, the temptation abode, and thus turned into art.
  2. (uncountable, collectively) artworks, works of art
    Synonym: Kunstwerke
    Kunstsammlerart collector
    Diese Woche wird im Museum mittelalterliche Kunst ausgestellt.This week, medieval works of art are on display in the museum.
  3. (usually accompanied by a genitive or adjective or as part of a compound) craft [with genitive ‘of something’]
    die Kunst des Kochensthe craft of cooking
    keine Kunst seinto not be a feat (literally, “to not be a craft”)
  4. (informal, by extension) skill, ability
    seine Künste anbietento offer one's abilities
  5. (now chiefly as the first part of compound words) something artificially created or manufactured, as opposed to something natural
    Kunstschneeartificial snow
    Kunst seinto be artificial
    • 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.

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: kúnst
  • Kashubian: kùńszt
  • Polish: kunszt
  • Yiddish: קונסט (kunst)

Further reading

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Hunsrik

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En Bild fun Candido Portinari

Etymology

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From Middle High German and Old High German kunst (knowledge) attested since the 9th century; ultimately from the verb können.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Kunst f (plural Kinst)

  1. art
    Das is keen Kunst!
    This is not art!

Further reading

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