Artist

See also: artist

English

Etymology

Variant of Artis.

Proper noun

Artist (plural Artists)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Artist is the 40144^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 546 individuals. Artist is most common among Black/African American (54.76%) and White (38.46%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Artist”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 60.

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German

Etymology

Early 14th century, borrowed from Medieval Latin artista (“artist”). The modern meaning "circus player" developed in the 19th century under influence from French artiste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁˈtɪst/

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Noun

Artist m (weak, genitive Artisten, plural Artisten, feminine Artistin)

1. one who performs physical tricks in a circus or similar context, e.g. a wirewalker, trapezist, or juggler (male or of unspecified gender)

Declension

Declension of Artist [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Artist	die	Artisten
genitive	eines	des	Artisten	der	Artisten
dative	einem	dem	Artisten	den	Artisten
accusative	einen	den	Artisten	die	Artisten

Derived terms

• artistisch

See also

• Künstler (“artist, one who performs or creates art”)

Further reading

• “Artist” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Artist” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Artist” in Duden online