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 ==== === References === “lignelse” in Den Danske Ordbog == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === liknelse === 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 ==== parabel === See also === likning (Nynorsk) === References === “lignelse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.