Bildungsroman
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English [edit]
Noun [edit]
Bildungsroman (plural Bildungsromans or Bildungsromane)
- Alternative capitalization of bildungsroman
German [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Coined c. 1820 by Johann Carl Simon Morgenstern; titled an 1820 text Über das Wesen des Bildungsromans.
From Bildung, from bildunge, from bildunga, from bilidon (“to shape”), from bilodi (“form, shape”), + Roman (“novel”), from French, roman (“novel”). Hence "novel of education" or "novel of formation".
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [ˈbɪl.dʊŋs.ʀoˈmaːn]
Noun [edit]
Bildungsroman m (genitive Bildungsromans, plural Bildungsromane)
- A bildungsroman, a novel of personal maturation.
