lignelse

Danish

Etymology

From ligne +‎ -else. After Middle Low German līkenisse, gelīkenisse, from Old Saxon gilīknessi, cognate with English likeness, German Gleichnis, Dutch gelijkenis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈliːnəlsə]

Noun

lignelse c (singular definite lignelsen, plural indefinite lignelser)

  1. (theology) a parable (of Jesus)
  2. (literature) a simile (an elaborate metaphor)

Declension

Declension of lignelse
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lignelse lignelsen lignelser lignelserne
genitive lignelses lignelsens lignelsers lignelsernes

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ligne +‎ -else, possibly from Middle Low German likenisse.

Noun

lignelse m (definite singular lignelsen, indefinite plural lignelser, definite plural lignelsene)

  1. (in the Bible) a parable

Synonyms

See also

References

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