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Akt

(Engels)

  1. (masculine, strong) act, deed
  2. (masculine, strong) act
  3. (masculine, strong) nude; artwork of a naked person

Frequentie

B2
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/akt/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin āctusbor. German Akt Borrowed from Latin āctus. The artistic sense derives from the 19th century practice of sketching models carrying out actions, for which the models would usually be nude.

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