Norwegian Bokmål word senses marked with topical category "Literature": list

Norwegian Bokmål word senses marked with topical category "Literature"

Total 87 word senses

ABC (Noun) a textbook that contains elementary knowledge within a topic or subject

Apostlenes gjerninger (Proper name) Acts of the Apostles (fifth book of the New Testament)

Donald Duck (Proper name) Donald Duck (One of the Disney cartoon characters, an anthropomorphic white-feathered duck who usually wears a sailor suit and is known for his voice especially in tantrums.)

Galtvort (Proper name) Hogwarts

Hodeskallen (Proper name) Calvary

Johannes Døperen (Proper name) John the Baptist

Moses (Proper name) Moses (biblical figure)

Salomo (Proper name) Solomon (Biblical figure)

Samuel (Proper name) Samuel

Sion (Proper name) Zion

Tobias (Proper name) a male given name

Vigga (Proper name) A local newspaper in Lesja and Dovre

abba (Noun) Abba or Father (when speaking directly with God through prayer)

abc (Noun) a textbook that contains elementary knowledge within a topic or subject

abonnementsavis (Noun) a subscription newspaper (newspaper that you can subscribe to; newspaper which is mainly based on selling regular subscriptions)

abrakadabra (Noun) abracadabra (magic formula where the first line contains these letters)

abrakadabra (Noun) abracadabra (mumbo-jumbo; obscure language or technicalities; jargon.)

abrakadabra (Interjection) abracadabra (used to indicate that a magic trick or other illusion has been performed.)

absurdisme (Noun) absurdist fiction (direction in literature and drama which highlights the absurdity of life)

absurdist (Noun) an absurdist (an advocate of absurdism, in particular a writer of absurd topics)

absurdistisk (Adjective) absurdist (of or relating to absurdism)

absurdteater (Noun) the Theatre of the Absurd (plays of absurdist fiction written by a number of primarily European playwrights in the late 1950s)

akt (Noun) a solemn occurrence; a ceremony (an official gathering to celebrate, commemorate, or otherwise mark some event); more or less an instinctive act

akt (Noun) an act (a division of a theatrical performance)

akt (Noun) perception, opinion; reputation; reverence; respect (the state of being revered; respectful)

apostel (Noun) an apostle

avis (Noun) a newspaper (a publication, usually published daily or weekly and usually printed on cheap, low-quality paper, containing news and other articles)

avis (Noun) a financial enterprise that consists of publishing a newspaper; newspaper agency

avis (Noun) an office where the newspaper editorial office is located

bestselger (Noun) a bestseller or best-seller

bibelfortelling (Noun) a bible story

bibliotek (Noun) a library (building or room containing books etc.)

billed-ABC (Noun) Alternative letter-case form of billed-abc

billed-abc (Noun) a primer with pictures

biografi (Noun) a biography

bunden (Adjective) characterized by strict adherence to rhyme and/or metre

den barmhjertige samaritan (Noun) the Good Samaritan

ending (Noun) the last syllable in a verse line

essaysamling (Noun) a collection of essays

evangelium (Noun) gospel (the teachings of Jesus Christ)

faglitteratur (Noun) scientific, specialist or technical literature giving factual information; non-fiction

fantasy (Noun) fantasy (genre)

fare (Verb) travel; voyage

fattes (Verb) to lack

fiksjon (Noun) fiction

filister (Noun) a Philistine

fotoalbum (Noun) a photo album

haiku (Noun) a haiku

heiti (Noun) a heiti

hobbit (Noun) hobbit (a member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet)

impresjonisme (Noun) impressionism

jomfru Maria (Proper name) the Virgin Mary

kanon (Noun) canon (group of literary works)

kanon (Noun) canon

kjød (Noun) flesh

konkordans (Noun) a concordance

krimroman (Noun) a crime novel

lignelse (Noun) a parable

liknelse (Noun) alternative form of lignelse

lyrikk (Noun) lyric poetry

memoarer (Noun) memoirs

menneske (Noun) man (humans created in the image of God); man (the opposite of God, the fallen, as opposed to the heavenly and sacred)

menneske (Noun) man (humans created in the image of God); mankind's

metrum (Noun) a metre

misgjerning (Noun) iniquity

oppslagsverk (Noun) a reference work

ordbok (Noun) a dictionary

parabel (Noun) a parable

realisme (Noun) realism

roman (Noun) A novel (work of fiction).

romanforfatter (Noun) a novelist

romanse (Noun) a romance (most senses)

salme (Noun) psalm

sangbok (Noun) a songbook

selvbiografi (Noun) an autobiography

sjanger (Noun) genre

skjønnlitteratur (Noun) fiction, imaginative literature, belles-lettres

strofe (Noun) a stanza

supplementsbind (Noun) a supplementary (or supplemental) volume (an additional volume published after the main work)

syndflod (Noun) the Flood

synonymordbok (Noun) a thesaurus

tabernakel (Noun) a tabernacle

treakts (Adjective) in three acts

trone (Noun) throne; the third highest order of angels

tått (Noun) a short part of a literary work (be it a poem, saga, law codices, etc.)

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