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Akt

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See also: akt, åkt, and акт

German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /akt/
  • Rhymes: -akt
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin āctus. The artistic sense derives from the 19th century practice of sketching models carrying out actions, for which the models would usually be nude.

Noun

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Akt m (strong, genitive Aktes or Akts, plural Akte)

  1. act, deed
  2. (theater, literature, film) act
  3. (art, painting) nude; artwork of a naked person
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Latin āctus.

Noun

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Akt m (mixed, genitive Aktes or Akts, plural Akten)

  1. (Austria, Southern Germany, law, officialese) file (collection of papers)
    Synonym: Akte
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Descendants
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  • Norwegian Bokmål: akt
  • Polish: akt (semantic loan)

Further reading

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  • Akt” in Duden online
  • Akt” in Duden online
  • Akt (Auffahrt Deich)” in Duden online
  • Akt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Akt” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Latin actus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Akt m (plural Akten)

  1. act, action, deed
  2. certificate, document, contract
  3. (theater) act
  4. (art) nude

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