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)

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaː.bəl/

• Audio:

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• 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

• fabelachtig
• fabeldier
• fabelkunde
• fabelleer
• fabelwezen

Related terms

• fabuleus

Descendants

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

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Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fabêl (first-person possessive fabelku, second-person possessive fabelmu, third-person possessive fabelnya)

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

Further reading

• “fabel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin fabula.

Noun

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

1. a fable

Derived terms

• fabelaktig

References

• “fabel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin fabula.

Noun

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

1. a fable

Derived terms

• fabelaktig

References

• “fabel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.