No. 552 in Norwegian
kunstig
Artificial.
In a sentence
Han kjøpte en kunstig plante til stuen.
He bought an artificial plant for the living room.
In this context, 'kunstig' means 'artificial' or 'man-made', describing an object not natural but produced by humans.
Hun spilte med en kunstig glede som var lett å gjennomskue.
She acted with an artificial joy that was easy to see through.
Here, 'kunstig' refers to a behavior or expression that is not genuine but rather feigned or insincere.
Den kunstige intelligensen i dataspillet imponerte alle.
The artificial intelligence in the video game impressed everyone.
In this case, 'kunstig' describes technology that simulates human-like intelligence, often used in the context of computer systems and programming.
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