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

• fabel on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Further reading

• “fabel” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “fabel” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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

• fabuleren
• fabuleus

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

• “fabel”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

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.

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.

Swedish

Noun

fabel c

1. a fable

Declension

Declension of fabel

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fabel	fabels
	definite	fabeln	fabelns
plural	indefinite	fabler	fablers
	definite	fablerna	fablernas

References

• “fabel”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “fabel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “fabel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)