Masculine

Akt

Meaning

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

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/akt/
Etymology

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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