Schlüsselroman
German, noun/ˈʃlʏsl̩ʁoˌmaːn/
Schlüsselroman is spelled S-C-H-L-Ü-S-S-E-L-R-O-M-A-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written German, the 261,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlüsselroman is a German masculine noun meaning “roman à clef” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Roman, der reale Verhältnisse über veränderte Namen der Protagonisten schildert oder der zeitgenössische…”.
What does Schlüsselroman mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineroman à clef
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Roman, der reale Verhältnisse über veränderte Namen der Protagonisten schildert oder der zeitgenössische Verhältnisse in fernen Zeiten oder fremden Umwelten darstellt
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 Schlüsselroman
- Schlüsselromanes genitive
- Schlüsselromans genitive
- Schlüsselromane plural
- Schlüsselromanen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schlüsselroman?
- /ˈʃlʏsl̩ʁoˌmaːn/
- [ˈʃlʏsl̩ʁoˌmaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schlüsselroman in German?
Schlüsselroman appears about once in every 21 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).