Art

See also: Appendix:Variations of "art"

English

Etymology

Clipping.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t

Proper noun

Art

1. A diminutive of the male given name Arthur, from the Celtic languages.

Anagrams

• Tar, RAT, TRA, ATR, TAR, RTA, rat, rta, tra, 'rat, tar, Rat

German

Etymology

From Middle High German art, from Old High German *art, from Proto-West Germanic *ard, from Proto-Germanic *ardiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːrt/, [ʔaːʁt], [ʔaːɐ̯t], [ʔaːt]

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Noun

Art f (genitive Art, plural Arten)

1. kind, sort, type [with von (+ dative) ‘of something’]
   • 2017, Simone Meier, Fleisch, Kein & Aber, page 20:

     Und so begann eine Art von Beziehung.

     And so began a kind of relationship.

2. (biology, taxonomy) species

   Hyponyms: Pflanzenart, Tierart

3. nature, character
4. behaviour
5. way, method

   Das ist nicht seine Art. ― That's not his way [of doing things].

6. (grammar, of verbs) mode, mood

   Synonyms: Aussageart, Aussageform, Aussageweise, Modus, Redeweise, Sprechart, Wandelweise, Weise

7. (grammar, rare, of verbs) voice

   Synonyms: Aktionsform, Diathese, Gattung, Genus, Handlungsart, Handlungsform, Handlungsrichtung

Declension

Declension of Art [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Art	die	Arten
genitive	einer	der	Art	der	Arten
dative	einer	der	Art	den	Arten
accusative	eine	die	Art	die	Arten

Derived terms

• ausarten
• entarten

Derived terms

• Art und Weise
• artenreich
• Artensterben
• Artenvielfalt
• Arterhaltung
• Artgenosse
• artgerecht
• artig
• Denkart
• Grundart
• Lebensart
• Lesart
• Mundart
• Pflanzenart
• Rechenart
• Schriftart
• Tierart
• Tonart
• Unterart
• Verhaltensart
• Wesensart
• Wortart

Descendants

• → Danish: art
  • → Faroese: art
  • → Icelandic: art
• → Kashubian: ôrt
• → Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål: art

  Norwegian Nynorsk: art

• → Slovincian: ort
• → Swedish: art

Further reading

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish art (“bear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arˠʃt̪/, /arˠt̪/

Proper noun

Art m (genitive/vocative Airt)

1. a male given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Arthur