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)
- (theology) a parable (of Jesus)
- (literature) a simile (an elaborate metaphor)
Declension
| 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)
- (in the Bible) a parable
Synonyms
See also
- likning (Nynorsk)
References
- “lignelse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Categories:
- Danish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Danish terms suffixed with -else
- Danish terms derived from Middle Low German
- Danish terms derived from Old Saxon
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- da:Theology
- da:Literature
- Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -else
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- nb:Bible