# die Kunst

die Kunst is a German noun meaning “art”. Forms: der Kunst, die Künste.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Kunst
- Plural: die Künste

## In other languages

- Русский: искусство, художество
- Українська: мистецтво

## Meanings

1. _countable · uncountable_ art
   - Kunstgeschichte — history of art
2. _collective · uncountable_ artworks, works of art
   - Kunstsammler — art collector
3. _accompanied by a genitive or adjective or as part of a compound_ craft
   - die Kunst des Kochens — the craft of cooking
4. _colloquial_ skill, ability
   - seine Künste anbieten — to offer one's abilities
5. _as the first part of compound words_ something artificially created or manufactured, as opposed to something natural
   - Kunstschnee — artificial snow

## Examples

- Von Kunst habe ich keine Ahnung. — I don't understand art.
- Es ist mehr Kunst als Wissenschaft. — It's an art more than a science.
- Die Japaner halten alles für Kunst. — Japanese think that everything is art.
- Dieses Museum hat eine herrliche Sammlung moderner Kunst. — That museum has a wonderful collection of modern art.
- Ich mag Kunst. — I like art.

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Sources: Meanings and forms from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).
URL: https://wordwide.space/de-en/wort/Kunst