kunst
Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German kunst.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkʰɔnˀsd̥]
Declension
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kunst | kunsten | kunster | kunsterne |
| genitive | kunsts | kunstens | kunsters | kunsternes |
Derived terms
- kunstmaler
- kunstmuseum
- kunstværk
Dutch
Alternative forms
- konst (obsolete)
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, wisdom, skill”), Old Frisian kunst, konst, kenst (“knowledge”). More at cunning.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʏnst/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: kunst
- Rhymes: -ʏnst
Noun
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: kuns
Estonian
Etymology
From Middle Low German kunst. Influenced by German Kunst.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkunʲst/
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kunst | kunstid |
| genitive | kunsti | kunstide |
| partitive | kunsti | kunste / kunstisid |
| illative | kunsti / kunstisse | kunstidesse |
| inessive | kunstis | kunstides |
| elative | kunstist | kunstidest |
| allative | kunstile | kunstidele |
| adessive | kunstil | kunstidel |
| ablative | kunstilt | kunstidelt |
| translative | kunstiks | kunstideks |
| terminative | kunstini | kunstideni |
| essive | kunstina | kunstidena |
| abessive | kunstita | kunstideta |
| comitative | kunstiga | kunstidega |
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Middle Low German kunst
Noun
kunst m (definite singular kunsten, indefinite plural kunster, definite plural kunstene)
- art
- abstrakt kunst - abstract art
- (in some compound words) artificial, man-made; see also kunstig.
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Middle Low German kunst
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʉnst/
Noun
kunst m or f (definite singular kunsten or kunsta, indefinite plural kunstar or kunster, definite plural kunstane or kunstene)
- art
- (in some compound words) artificial, man-made; see also kunstig.