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Danish
Etymology
From skøn (“beautiful”) + litteratur (“literature”), calque of French belles lettres. Compare Swedish skönlitteratur.
Pronunciation
Noun
skønlitteratur c (singular definite skønlitteraturen, not used in plural form)
- fiction, belles-lettres (writing that is fictional)
- Antonym: faglitteratur
Declension
Declension of skønlitteratur
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