"Schlemihl" meaning in German

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        "3": "שלימיל"
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      "name": "bor"
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  "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).",
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      "form": "Schlemihls",
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        "genitive"
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      "form": "Schlemihle",
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        "plural"
      ]
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "Schlemihl",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schlemihle",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schlemihl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schlemihlen",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schlemihl",
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "schlemiel"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "Schlamassel"
        }
      ],
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        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Adelbert von Chamisso",
        "Peter Schlemihl"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃleːmiːl/"
    },
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      },
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    },
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  "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).",
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        "plural"
      ]
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      ]
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "Schlemihlen",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Schlemihl",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Schlamassel"
    }
  ],
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        "German nouns",
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        "German terms derived from Yiddish",
        "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "German terms with audio links"
      ],
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        "schlemiel"
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        "Peter Schlemihl"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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