Schelm
German, noun/ʃɛlm/
Schelm is spelled S-C-H-E-L-M (6 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 32,479th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schelm is a German masculine noun meaning “imp, rogue; (modern usage) prankster, rascal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Mensch, der gerne scherzt und neckt”.
What does Schelm mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineimp, rogue; (modern usage) prankster, rascal
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mensch, der gerne scherzt und neckt 2. durchtriebener, unehrlicher Mensch
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Schelm
- Schelmes genitive
- Schelms genitive
- Schelme plural
- Schelmin feminine
- Schelmen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schelm?
- /ʃɛlm/
- [ʃɛlm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schelm
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schelm in German?
Schelm appears 1.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).