Feminine
Meaning

  1. (countable, feminine, uncountable) art
  2. (collective, feminine, uncountable) artworks, works of art
  3. (feminine, usually) craft
  4. (broadly, feminine, informal) skill, ability
  5. (feminine) something artificially created or manufactured, as opposed to something natural

Synonyms

schöne Künste

handwerkliches Können

Unnatürlichkeit

ein Weg

Kunstrichtung

Menschlichenwerk

menschliches Tun

Arbeitsausführung

plastische Kunst

handwerkliche Schöpfung

Trick 17

Trick siebzehn

richtige Dreh

trickreiche Methode

sieben Künste

sieben Freie Künste

Persuasion

Frequency

B1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

kunscht

Zürich

Zürich

kunst

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/kʊnst/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German and Old High German kunst (“knowledge”), first attested in c. 9th century; related to the verb können. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kunstiz (“knowledge, ability”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). Cognate with English know, knowledge, can, canny, cunning, Dutch kunst, West Frisian keunst, Swedish konst. More at cunning.

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