kunst

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

Getting the exposure of a photo right is an art.

Kalligrafie is de kunst
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van het schoonschrijven .

Calligraphy is the art of writing.

(feminine) art
(feminine) prowess, ability

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/kʏnst/

Inherited from Middle Dutch

Inherited from Old Dutch

Cognate with Old Saxon

Cognate with Old High German

Cognate with Old Frisian

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.