Also means
sketch
Usage Note
Zeichnung comes from zeichnen ('to draw') and is feminine like other -ung nouns. In finance it can also mean the subscription of shares, as in die Zeichnung von Aktien.
Examples
"Ihre Zeichnung hängt an der Wand."
Natural Translation
Her drawing hangs on the wall.
Literal Translation
Her drawing hangs on the wall.
Related Words
- Abguss cast, casting (plaster or metal replica of a sculpture)
- Abstraktion abstraction (non-representational art)
- Acrylfarbe acrylic paint
- Akanthus acanthus (decorative leaf motif)
- Akt nude
- Aktmalerei nude painting; figure painting
- Aktmodell life model; nude model (for drawing or painting)
- Aktzeichnung life drawing, figure drawing (of the nude)
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