abstrakt kunst

Norwegian Bokmål

An example of abstract art

Etymology

abstrakt + kunst, first part from Latin abstractus, perfect participle of abstrahere, "to substract", from ab(s)-, "away", + trahere, "to draw". Last part from Middle Low German kunst, from Proto-Germanic *kunstiz (knowledge, ability), derived from the verb *kunnaną (to know).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abˈstrakt kʉnst/, /apˈstrakt kʉnst/
  • Rhymes: -ʉnst
  • Hyphenation: ab‧strakt‧kunst

Noun

abstrakt kunst m (uncountable)

  1. (art) abstract art (art that does not depict objects in the natural world, but instead uses color and form in a non-representational way)

References

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