Also means
plot of a story
Usage Note
Fabel is a short moral tale, usually with talking animals, like those of Lessing. In a second, literary-theoretical sense it can mean the bare plot of a work. The verb fabulieren means to spin yarns.
Examples
"In der Fabel ist der Fuchs immer schlau."
Natural Translation
In the fable the fox is always cunning.
Literal Translation
In the fable is the fox always clever.
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