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Noun [Danish]

IPA: [ˈliːnəlsə]
Etymology: From ligne + -else. After Middle Low German līkenisse, gelīkenisse, from Old Saxon gilīknessi, cognate with English likeness, German Gleichnis, Dutch gelijkenis. Etymology templates: {{dercat|da|gmw-pro|gem-pro}}, {{suffix|da|ligne|else}} ligne + -else, {{der|da|gml|līkenisse}} Middle Low German līkenisse, {{der|da|osx|gilīknessi}} Old Saxon gilīknessi, {{cog|en|likeness}} English likeness, {{cog|de|Gleichnis}} German Gleichnis, {{cog|nl|gelijkenis}} Dutch gelijkenis Head templates: {{head|da|noun|singular definite|lignelsen||{{{sg-def-2}}}|||plural indefinite|lignelser||{{{pl-indef-2}}}||{{{pl-indef-3}}}||{{{com}}}|f1accel-form=def|s|f4accel-form=indef|p|g=c|g2=|head=}} lignelse c (singular definite lignelsen, plural indefinite lignelser), {{da-noun|n|r}} lignelse c (singular definite lignelsen, plural indefinite lignelser) Inflection templates: {{da-decl|n|r}}, {{da-noun-infl-base|g=c|gen-pl-def=lignelsernes|gen-pl-def-2=|gen-pl-def-3=|gen-pl-indef=lignelsers|gen-pl-indef-2=|gen-sg-def=lignelsens|gen-sg-def-2=|gen-sg-indef=lignelses|gen-sg-indef-2=|gen-sg-indef-3=|pl-def=lignelserne|pl-def-2=|pl-def-3=|pl-indef=lignelser|pl-indef-2=|pl-indef-3=|sg-def=lignelsen|sg-def-2=|sg-indef=lignelse}} Forms: lignelsen [definite, singular], lignelser [indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], lignelse [indefinite, nominative, singular], lignelsen [definite, nominative, singular], lignelser [indefinite, nominative, plural], lignelserne [definite, nominative, plural], lignelses [genitive, indefinite, singular], lignelsens [definite, genitive, singular], lignelsers [genitive, indefinite, plural], lignelsernes [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (theology) a parable (of Jesus) Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-lignelse-da-noun-DxdlVd0w Categories (other): Theology, Danish entries with incorrect language header, Danish terms suffixed with -else, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Danish terms suffixed with -else: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 56 44 Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology
  2. (literature) a simile (an elaborate metaphor) Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-lignelse-da-noun-nhfPOZNo Categories (other): Literature, Danish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Topics: literature, media, publishing

Noun [Norwegian Bokmål]

Forms: lignelsen [definite, singular], lignelser [indefinite, plural], lignelsene [definite, plural], liknelse [alternative]
Etymology: From ligne + -else, possibly from Middle Low German likenisse. Etymology templates: {{suffix|nb|ligne|else}} ligne + -else, {{cog|gml|likenisse}} Middle Low German likenisse Head templates: {{nb-noun-m1}} lignelse m (definite singular lignelsen, indefinite plural lignelser, definite plural lignelsene)
  1. (in the Bible) a parable Wikipedia link: no:Parabel (lignelse) Tags: masculine Synonyms: parabel Related terms: likning [Nynorsk]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
        "Norwegian Bokmål lemmas",
        "Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns",
        "Norwegian Bokmål nouns",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -else",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "nb:Bible"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a parable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "parable",
          "parable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the Bible) a parable"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in the Bible"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "no:Parabel (lignelse)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "parabel"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lignelse"
}

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