Etymology

kunstkammer

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Today it means: An early form of museum in which strange or rare objects were exhibited. Full definition →

German Kunstkammer
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  1. German · borrowed fromKunstkammer
  2. English todaykunstkammer

From German Kunstkammer (literally “art room”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.