"Schlemihl" meaning in German

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "yi",
        "3": "שלימיל"
      },
      "expansion": "Yiddish שלימיל (shlimil)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "19th century, from Yiddish שלימיל (shlimil). Further origin uncertain; see the Yiddish for more.\nThe rather odd spelling with -ih- follows the use of Adelbert von Chamisso in his well-known novella Peter Schlemihl (1813). Von Chamisso probably avoided Schlemiel because it could have suggested a trisyllabic pronunciation as in Gabriel (though he might have spelt *Schlemil).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Schlemihls",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schlemihle",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schlemihl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schlemihle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schlemihls",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schlemihle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schlemihl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schlemihlen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schlemihl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schlemihle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Schlemihl m (strong, genitive Schlemihls, plural Schlemihle)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
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      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "schlemiel"
      ],
      "id": "en-Schlemihl-de-noun-1BW6cLeO",
      "links": [
        [
          "schlemiel",
          "schlemiel"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Schlamassel"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Adelbert von Chamisso",
        "Peter Schlemihl"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃleːmiːl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Schlemihl.ogg",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Schlemihl"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "yi",
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      },
      "expansion": "Yiddish שלימיל (shlimil)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "19th century, from Yiddish שלימיל (shlimil). Further origin uncertain; see the Yiddish for more.\nThe rather odd spelling with -ih- follows the use of Adelbert von Chamisso in his well-known novella Peter Schlemihl (1813). Von Chamisso probably avoided Schlemiel because it could have suggested a trisyllabic pronunciation as in Gabriel (though he might have spelt *Schlemil).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Schlemihls",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schlemihle",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schlemihl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schlemihle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schlemihls",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schlemihle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schlemihl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schlemihlen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schlemihl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schlemihle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Schlemihl m (strong, genitive Schlemihls, plural Schlemihle)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Schlamassel"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German masculine nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "German terms borrowed from Yiddish",
        "German terms derived from Yiddish",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "schlemiel"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "schlemiel",
          "schlemiel"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Adelbert von Chamisso",
        "Peter Schlemihl"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃleːmiːl/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Schlemihl"
}