skønlitteratur

See also: skönlitteratur

Danish

Etymology

From skøn (“beautiful”) +‎ litteratur (“literature”), calque of French belles lettres. Compare Swedish skönlitteratur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skœnlitəratuːˀr/, [ˈsɡ̊œnlid̥əʁɑˌtˢuɐ̯ˀ]

Noun

skønlitteratur c (singular definite skønlitteraturen, not used in plural form)

1. fiction, belles-lettres (writing that is fictional)

   Antonym: faglitteratur

Declension

Declension of skønlitteratur

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skønlitteratur	skønlitteraturen	-	skønlitteraturene
genitive	skønlitteraturs	skønlitteraturens	-s	skønlitteraturenes

References

• “skønlitteratur” in Den Danske Ordbog