"Roman" meaning in German

See Roman in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ʁoˈmaːn/ Audio: De-Roman.ogg
Etymology: From Latin Rōmānus. Etymology templates: {{der|de|la|Rōmānus}} Latin Rōmānus Head templates: {{head|de|proper noun}} Roman
  1. a male given name from Latin
    Sense id: en-Roman-de-name-iz~X1bhA Categories (other): German given names, German male given names, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ʁoˈmaːn/ Audio: De-Roman.ogg
Etymology: From French roman. Etymology templates: {{der|de|fr|roman}} French roman Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s}} Roman m (strong, genitive Romanes or Romans, plural Romane) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s}} Forms: Romanes [genitive], Romans [genitive], Romane [plural], strong [table-tags], Roman [nominative, singular], Romane [definite, nominative, plural], Romanes [genitive, singular], Romans [genitive, singular], Romane [definite, genitive, plural], Roman [dative, singular], Romane [dative, singular], Romanen [dative, definite, plural], Roman [accusative, singular], Romane [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (literature) novel Tags: masculine, strong Synonyms: umfangreiche erzählende Dichtung in Prosa (english: descriptive) Hypernyms: Prosagroßform, Literatur
    Sense id: en-Roman-de-noun-8hEObPkr Categories (other): Literature, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: literature, media, publishing Derived forms: Abenteuerroman, Bildungsroman, Briefroman, Detektivroman, Entwicklungsroman, Fantasy-Roman, Fortsetzungsroman, Groschenroman, Gruselroman, Jugendroman, Kindheitsroman, Kriegsroman, Kriminalroman, Liebesroman, Ritter- und Räuber-Roman, Ritter- und Räuberroman, Ritterroman, Schlüsselroman, Spionageroman, Staatsroman, Trivialroman, Unterhaltungsroman, Zukunftsroman
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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      "form": "Romanes",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "de-ndecl",
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    },
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      "form": "Romans",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Romane",
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    {
      "form": "Roman",
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    {
      "form": "Romane",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Romanen",
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    },
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        {
          "word": "Abenteuerroman"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bildungsroman"
        },
        {
          "word": "Briefroman"
        },
        {
          "word": "Detektivroman"
        },
        {
          "word": "Entwicklungsroman"
        },
        {
          "word": "Fantasy-Roman"
        },
        {
          "word": "Fortsetzungsroman"
        },
        {
          "word": "Groschenroman"
        },
        {
          "word": "Gruselroman"
        },
        {
          "word": "Jugendroman"
        },
        {
          "word": "Kindheitsroman"
        },
        {
          "word": "Kriegsroman"
        },
        {
          "word": "Kriminalroman"
        },
        {
          "word": "Liebesroman"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ritter- und Räuber-Roman"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ritter- und Räuberroman"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ritterroman"
        },
        {
          "word": "Schlüsselroman"
        },
        {
          "word": "Spionageroman"
        },
        {
          "word": "Staatsroman"
        },
        {
          "word": "Trivialroman"
        },
        {
          "word": "Unterhaltungsroman"
        },
        {
          "word": "Zukunftsroman"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "novel"
      ],
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          "word": "Prosagroßform"
        },
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          "word": "Literatur"
        }
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        "(literature) novel"
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          "word": "umfangreiche erzählende Dichtung in Prosa"
        }
      ],
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        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing"
      ]
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  "word": "Roman"
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      "word": "Abenteuerroman"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bildungsroman"
    },
    {
      "word": "Briefroman"
    },
    {
      "word": "Detektivroman"
    },
    {
      "word": "Entwicklungsroman"
    },
    {
      "word": "Fantasy-Roman"
    },
    {
      "word": "Fortsetzungsroman"
    },
    {
      "word": "Groschenroman"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gruselroman"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jugendroman"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kindheitsroman"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kriegsroman"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kriminalroman"
    },
    {
      "word": "Liebesroman"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ritter- und Räuber-Roman"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ritter- und Räuberroman"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ritterroman"
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    {
      "word": "Schlüsselroman"
    },
    {
      "word": "Spionageroman"
    },
    {
      "word": "Staatsroman"
    },
    {
      "word": "Trivialroman"
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      "word": "Unterhaltungsroman"
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      "form": "Romanes",
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      "form": "Romanen",
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      "form": "Roman",
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      "word": "Prosagroßform"
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  "pos": "noun",
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