Akt

See also: akt, åkt, and акт

German

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akt/
• Rhymes: -akt

• Audio:

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Noun

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

1. act
2. nude; artwork of a naked person

Declension

Declension of Akt [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Akt	die	Akte
genitive	eines	des	Aktes, Akts	der	Akte
dative	einem	dem	Akt, Akte1	den	Akten
accusative	einen	den	Akt	die	Akte

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

• Balanceakt
• Kraftakt

Related terms

• Akte

Descendants

• → Norwegian Bokmål: akt
• → Polish: akt (semantic loan)

Further reading

• “Akt” in Duden online
• “Akt” in Duden online
• “Akt (Auffahrt Deich)” in Duden online
• “Akt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Latin actus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑkt]

Noun

Akt m (plural Akten)

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

Synonyms

• (act, deed): Handlung, Dot
• (nude): Nu