Schelmenroman
German, noun/ˈʃɛlmənʁoˌmaːn/
Schelmenroman is spelled S-C-H-E-L-M-E-N-R-O-M-A-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 216,904th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schelmenroman is a German masculine noun meaning “picaresque (novel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “„Roman (besonders des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts), dessen Held sich als Umhergetriebener niederer Abkunft mit…”.
What does Schelmenroman mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepicaresque (novel)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. „Roman (besonders des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts), dessen Held sich als Umhergetriebener niederer Abkunft mit allen Mitteln, Listen und Schlichen durchs Leben schlägt“
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 Schelmenroman
- Schelmenromanes genitive
- Schelmenromans genitive
- Schelmenromane plural
- Schelmenromanen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schelmenroman?
- /ˈʃɛlmənʁoˌmaːn/
- [ˈʃɛlmənʁoˌmaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schelmenroman
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schelmenroman in German?
Schelmenroman appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).