Schelm

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German

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”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

Schelm m (genitive Schelmes, plural Schelme)

  1. imp, rogue, prankster

Declension

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Schelm”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

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