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Akt.

act, deed

3 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/akt/
  1. act, deed

    masculine · strong
  2. act

    masculine · strong
  3. nude; artwork of a naked person

    masculine · strong
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin āctusbor. German Akt 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/akt/
  1. file (collection of papers)

    Austria · Southern-Germany · bureaucratese · masculine · mixed
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin āctus.

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