Kunst

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See also: kunst and kunst-

German

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German kunst (“knowledge”) attested since the 9th century; ultimately from the verb können. Cognate with Swedish konst.

Pronunciation

Noun

Kunst f (genitive Kunst, plural Künste)

  1. (uncountable, countable) art
    Kunstgeschichte ― history of art
    bildende Kunst ― visual arts
    die sieben freien Künste ― the seven liberal arts
    • 2001, Jurij Brězan, edited by Lucia Heine, Ze studnje lět/Brunnen der Jahre: Zběrka sentencow, aforistiskich myslow a zapisow/Eine Sammlung von Sentenzen, aphoristischen Gedanken und Notaten, 1st edition, Budyšin/Bautzen: Ludowe nakładnistwo Domowina/Domowina-Verlag, →ISBN, German section, page 61:
      Der Versuch des Mannes, die Frau zu ergründen, ist seit Jahrtausenden gescheitert. Das immer wieder zu versuchen liegt an der einfachen Konstruktion seines Hirns, das das Unmögliche nicht als unmöglich begreifen kann. Die Versuche misslangen, die Versuchung blieb, und daraus wurde Kunst.
      Man’s attempt to fathom women has failed for millennia. To still go on making these attempts is due to the simple construction of his brain that cannot grasp the impossible as impossible. The attempts failed, the temptation abode, and thus turned into art.
  2. (uncountable, collectively) artworks, works of art
    Synonym: Kunstwerke
    Kunstsammler ― art collector
    Diese Woche wird im Museum mittelalterliche Kunst ausgestellt. ― This week, medieval works of art are on display in the museum.
  3. (usually accompanied by a genitive or adjective or as part of a compound) craft
    die Kunst des Kochens ― the craft of cooking
    keine Kunst sein ― to not be a feat (literally, “to not be a craft”)
  4. (informal, by extension) skill, ability
    seine Künste anbieten ― to offer one's abilities
  5. (now chiefly as the first part of compound words) something artificially created or manufactured, as opposed to something natural
    Kunstschnee ― artificial snow
    Kunst sein ― to be artificial
    • 2009, Dorit Steenhusen, Träume Schäume Fieberwahn, page 75:
      Und „wer kann es wirklich unterscheiden, ob sie echt sind oder nur Kunst? Sie sind so sündhaft teuer,“ hatte sie noch hinzugefügt.
      And "who can really tell, if they are real or only artificial (things)? They are so terribly expensive," she added.

Declension

Declension of Kunst
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Kunst die Künste
genitive einer der Kunst der Künste
dative einer der Kunst den Künsten
accusative eine die Kunst die Künste

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Icelandic: kúnst
  • → Kashubian: kùńszt
  • → Polish: kunszt
  • → Yiddish: קונסט (kunst)

Further reading

Hunsrik

En Bild fun Candido Portinari

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German kunst (“knowledge”) attested since the 9th century; ultimately from the verb können.

Pronunciation

Noun

Kunst f (plural Kinst)

  1. art
    Das is keen Kunst!
    This is not art!

Further reading

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