abstrakt kunst
Norwegian Bokmål
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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)
- (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
- “abstrakt kunst” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “abstrakt kunst” in Store norske leksikon
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