kunst

Meaning

1. (feminine) art
2. (feminine) prowess, ability

Concepts

art

🎨

craftwork

creation

fine arts

music

🎶

skill

Art

🎨

Synonyms

kunde

competentie

vakmanschap

schone kunsten

vakbekwaamheid

Translations

art

🎨

arte

🎨

arte

🎨

arte

🎨

Kunst

🎨

ars

🎨

τέχνη

sanat

🎨

فَنّ

فُنُون

art

🎨

فن

huner

🎨

επιτηδειότητα

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kʏnst/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: cunst

Inherited from Old Dutch: *kunst

Cognate with Old Saxon: kunst

Cognate with Old High German: kunst

Cognate with Old Frisian: kunst

In summary

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 *ǵneh₃- (“to know”), equivalent to kunnen + -st.
Cognate with Old Saxon kunst (“skill, wisdom”), Old High German kunst (“knowledge, wisdom, skill”), Old Frisian kunst, konst, kenst (“knowledge”). More at cunning.

Sentences

De belichting van een foto juist krijgen , is een kunst .

Getting the exposure of a photo right is an art.

Kalligrafie is de kunst van het schoonschrijven .

Calligraphy is the art of writing.