"Schelm" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ʃɛlm/ Audio: De-Schelm.ogg
Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|schelme||pest, plague; those who have fallen in battle}} Middle High German schelme (“pest, plague; those who have fallen in battle”), {{inh|de|goh|scalmo||plague}} Old High German scalmo (“plague”), {{cog|gml|schelm||carrion, cadaver}} Middle Low German schelm (“carrion, cadaver”), {{cog|nl|schelm}} Dutch schelm, {{cog|is|skelmir||rogue}} Icelandic skelmir (“rogue”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s|f=in}} Schelm m (strong, genitive Schelmes or Schelms, plural Schelme, feminine Schelmin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s}} Forms: Schelmes [genitive], Schelms [genitive], Schelme [plural], Schelmin [feminine], strong [table-tags], Schelm [nominative, singular], Schelme [definite, nominative, plural], Schelmes [genitive, singular], Schelms [genitive, singular], Schelme [definite, genitive, plural], Schelm [dative, singular], Schelme [dative, singular], Schelmen [dative, definite, plural], Schelm [accusative, singular], Schelme [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. imp, rogue, prankster Wikipedia link: Friedrich Kluge, John Francis Davis Tags: masculine, strong Derived forms: schelmisch
    Sense id: en-Schelm-de-noun--M9CUVnF Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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