skønlitteratur
See also: skönlitteratur
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From skøn (“beautiful”) + litteratur (“literature”), calque of French belles lettres. Compare Swedish skönlitteratur.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
skønlitteratur c (singular definite skønlitteraturen, not used in plural form)
- fiction, belles-lettres (writing that is fictional)
- Antonym: faglitteratur
Declension edit
Declension of skønlitteratur
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | skønlitteratur | skønlitteraturen | - | skønlitteraturene |
| genitive | skønlitteraturs | skønlitteraturens | -s | skønlitteraturenes |