alkotás

Alkotás is a Hungarian noun meaning creation or product resulting from deliberate imaginative activity. The word derives from the verb alkotni, to create, and denotes something produced through creative work. In everyday language it can refer to any act or result of making something new, whether artistic, scientific, or practical.

In the arts, alkotás most often means a work produced by an artist, such as a painting, sculpture, poem, or musical composition. It is common in art criticism and cultural discourse to speak of egy alkotás or the artist’s alkotásai to refer to a specific piece or to the body of work. The term is also used more broadly for intellectual or technical achievements, e.g., theoretical frameworks, inventions, or design concepts, emphasizing the act of creation rather than the value of the object. People may speak of alkotói folyamat (creative process) or alkotó tevékenység (creative activity) to describe the practitioner’s work.

Compared with the more formal mű, alkotás stresses the generative aspect of production and can be considered neutral and descriptive. In Hungarian literary and critical contexts, alkotás is a standard term for any original output that results from creative effort, regardless of discipline.