Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en konst

art, skill/kɔnːst/

Meaning

art; skill

In Swedish: inlärd förmåga

Forms

Forms of konst
Singular, indefiniteen konst
Singular, definitekonsten
Plural, indefinitekonster
Plural, definitekonsterna

konst is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor konst, den stora konsten. Check another noun

Practise konst

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Is it en konst or ett konst?

konst in a sentence

  • konsten att bli miljonär
    the art of becoming a millionaire
  • Livet är kort, men konsten är evig.
    Life is short, but the art is forever.
  • konsten att flyga
    the art of flight
  • 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 ...

Expressions

  • (det var väl) ingen konst
    (there's) nothing to it

Words built with konst

  • trollkonst magic
  • konstutställning art exhibition
  • konstakademi academy of fine arts
  • konstverk work of art
  • bildkonst visual arts

Questions

What does konst mean in English?

konst means “art, skill”.

Is it en konst or ett konst?

It is en konst, and “the art” is konsten.

What is the plural of konst?

The plural of konst is konster, and the definite plural is konsterna.

Origin

From Old Swedish konst, from Middle Low German kunst, from the verb kunnen (“to know”), from Old Saxon kunnan.

Nearby common words

konst is number 1,686 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary