abstrakt kunst

Norwegian Bokmål

An example of abstract art

Etymology

First part abstrakt (“abstract”) from Latin abstractus (“drawn away, abstract”), perfect passive participle of abstrahō (“I draw away, withdraw”), from both ab- (“away, away from, off”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from trahō (“I pull, draw, drag”), from Proto-Italic *traɣō, from Proto-Indo-European *tregʰ- (“to drag, pull”), from *dʰregʰ- (“to pull, draw, drag”).

Last part kunst (“art”) from Middle Low German kunst (“knowledge, ability”), from Old Saxon kunst, from Proto-Germanic *kunstiz (“knowledge, ability”), from the verb *kunnaną (“to know, recognise”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti (“to know, recognize”), from *ǵneh₃- (“to know”) + *-né- (forms transitive imperfective verbs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abˈstrakt kʉnst/, /apˈstrakt kʉnst/

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• 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)

Synonyms

• absolutt kunst (“absolute art, abstract art”)

References

• “abstrakt kunst” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “abstrakt kunst” in Store norske leksikon