Schlüsselroman

German

Etymology

Schlüssel (“key”) +‎ Roman (“novel”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃlʏsl̩ʁoˌmaːn/

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• Hyphenation: Schlüs‧sel‧ro‧man

Noun

Schlüsselroman m (strong, genitive Schlüsselromanes or Schlüsselromans, plural Schlüsselromane)

1. roman à clef

Declension

Declension of Schlüsselroman [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schlüsselroman	die	Schlüsselromane
genitive	eines	des	Schlüsselromanes, Schlüsselromans	der	Schlüsselromane
dative	einem	dem	Schlüsselroman, Schlüsselromane1	den	Schlüsselromanen
accusative	einen	den	Schlüsselroman	die	Schlüsselromane

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Schlüsselroman” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Schlüsselroman” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• Schlüsselroman on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de