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Detailed Translations for fable from English to German

fable:

fable [the ~] nom

  1. the fable (fib; fairytale; delusion; )
    – a deliberately false or improbable account 1
    Märchen; die Fabel; die Geschichte; die Sage; die Erdichtung; die Erzählung; die Erfindung; die Verdichtung; Gleichnis
  2. the fable (fairytale; story)
    Märchen; die Fabel; die Erzählung

Translation Matrix for fable:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
Erdichtung delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story poetry
Erfindung delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story disclosure; discovery; find; invention; surprising discovery
Erzählung delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story concert; legend; myth; narration; recital; story; tale
Fabel delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story
Geschichte delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story history; legend; myth; narration; problem; problematical case; record; report; story; survey; tale
Gleichnis delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story collation; comparison; equalness; equation; likeness; parable; resemblance; similarity
Handlung act; action; deed; plot
Märchen delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story
Sage delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story
Verdichtung delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story
- allegory; apologue; fabrication; fiction; legend; parable

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Related Definitions for "fable":

  1. a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events1
  2. a short moral story (often with animal characters)1
  3. a deliberately false or improbable account1

Wiktionary Translations for fable:

fable
verb
  1. compose fables
noun
  1. fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept
fable
noun
  1. Literaturwissenschaft: eine Form der Erzählung, in der menschliche Verhaltensweisen auf Tiere (seltener auf Pflanzen oder Dinge) übertragen werden, um so auf unterhaltsame Weise eine bestimmte Moral zu vermitteln

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
fable Fabel; Gerede; Gespött; Märchen; Apolog; Gleichnis; Lehrfabel fable — propre|fr rare|fr (vieilli) Ce que l’on dire, ce que l’on raconte.