Art
German, noun/aːrt/
Art is spelled A-R-T (3 letters) and appears 324 times per million words in written German, the 291st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Art is a German feminine noun meaning “kind, sort, type” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Gruppe aus einer Gesamtheit, die sich durch besondere Merkmale auszeichnet”.
What does Art mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininekind, sort, type
- 2
femininespecies
- 3
femininenature, character
- 4
femininebehaviour
- 5
feminineway, method
Das ist nicht seine Art.
- 6
femininemode, mood
- 7
femininerarevoice
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Gruppe aus einer Gesamtheit, die sich durch besondere Merkmale auszeichnet 2. Eigenschaft, Eigenart 3. eine niedrige Kategorie im System der Lebewesen 4. die Grundeinheit der biologischen Systematik, der Unterbegriff der Gattung
abbreviation: 1. Artikel
abbreviation: 1. Allgemeine Relativitätstheorie 2. Kraftfahrzeugkennzeichen für Artern, Kyffhäuserkreis
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Art
- Arten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Art?
- /aːrt/
- [ʔaːʁt]
- [ʔaːɐ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Art
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Art in German?
Art appears 324 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).