/kɔnːst/
UrsprungFrom Middle Low German kunst, from the verb kunnen (“to know”), from Old Saxon kunnan.
- common-genderan art (a liberal art, to make artworks)
“Livet är kort, men konsten är evig.” — Life is short, but the art is forever.
- common-genderan art, a science, a trick, knowledge (something to learn and know)
“konsten att flyga” — the art of flight
- common-gender, datedan art, an invention, an engine, a machinery, a pump (something artificial)
“Till detta ändamål använder man vanligtvis konster eller pumpverk, medelst hvilka vattnet pumpas upp ...” — For this purpose pumps are commonly used, with which the water is pumped up ...
Formerkonst(indefinite, nominative, singular) · konsts(genitive, indefinite, singular) · konsten(definite, nominative, singular) · konstens(definite, genitive, singular) · konster(indefinite, nominative, plural) · konsters(genitive, indefinite, plural) · konsterna(definite, nominative, plural) · konsternas(definite, genitive, plural)