Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gesamtkunstwerk

/ɡəˈsɑmtkʊnstˌvɚk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables: gesamtkunst-werk
IPA: /ɡəˈsɑmtkʊnstˌvɚk/

29

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Total artwork; an artistic creation such as an operatic performance that encompasses music, theatre and the visual arts.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Gesamtkunstwerk.

Example Sentences

"Andre Emmerich, Mr. Hockney's longtime New York dealer, said: "There's a nice German word, gesamtkunstwerk. It means the entirety is a work of art.""
"References to the Gesamtkunstwerk, or total work of art, abound in modernist discourse in the disciplines of art and architectural history ..."
"The original PokéRap is no Gesamtkunstwerk."

Etymology

From German Gesamtkunstwerk (“total artwork”), synthesis of the arts; used by the composer Richard Wagner.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Gesamtkunstwerk

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɡəˈsɑmtkʊnstˌvɚk/

Inflected Forms

Gesamtkunstwerks (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce gesamtkunstwerk?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡəˈsɑmtkʊnstˌvɚk/.
What does gesamtkunstwerk mean?: Total artwork; an artistic creation such as an operatic performance that encompasses music, theatre and the visual arts.
Where does gesamtkunstwerk come from?: It is traced to German.

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