Schelm
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See also: schelm
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested as een beemd de Schelm genaamd in 1606. Likely cognate with dialectal scheluw (“crooked, askew”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Schelm n
- A hamlet in Deurne, North Brabant, Netherlands
References
[edit]- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German schelme (“pest, plague; those who have fallen in battle”), Old High German scalmo (“plague”). Cognate with Middle Low German schelm (“carrion, cadaver”), Dutch schelm, Icelandic skelmir (“rogue”).[1]
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Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Schelm m (strong, genitive Schelmes or Schelms, plural Schelme, feminine Schelmin)
- imp, rogue, prankster
- 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Marthens Garten”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One][1]:
- Hab ich vor dem Menschen ein heimlich Grauen, / Und halt ihn für einen Schelm dazu! / Gott verzeih mir's, wenn ich ihm unrecht tu!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Schelm [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Schelm”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Further reading
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