fabel

See also: Fabel

Danish

Etymology

From Latin fābula (tale).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faːbəl/, [ˈfæːˀb̥əl], [ˈfæːˀb̥l̩]

Noun

fabel c (singular definite fablen or fabelen, plural indefinite fabler)

  1. fable

Inflection

Declension of fabel
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fabel fablen
fabelen
fabler fablerne
genitive fabels fablens
fabelens
fablers fablernes

Derived terms

  • dyrefabel c
  • fabelagtig (adjective)
  • fabeldyr n
  • fabelvæsen n
  • fable (verb)

See also

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch fabele, from Old French fable, from Latin fābula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaː.bəl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: fa‧bel
  • Rhymes: -aːbəl

Noun

fabel f (plural fabelen or fabels, diminutive fabeltje n)

  1. a legend, a fable
  2. something untrue, a fable, a myth

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: fabel
  • Indonesian: fabel
  • Papiamentu: fabel (dated)
  • West Frisian: fabel

Further reading

  • fabel” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch fabel (fable), from Old French fable, from Latin fābula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfabəl]
  • Hyphenation: fa‧bêl

Noun

fabêl (plural fabel-fabel)

  1. (literature) fable, a fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin fabula.

Noun

fabel m (definite singular fabelen, indefinite plural fabler, definite plural fablene)

  1. a fable

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin fabula.

Noun

fabel m (definite singular fabelen, indefinite plural fablar, definite plural fablane)

  1. a fable

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Noun

fabel c

  1. a fable

Declension

References