Schelm

See also: schelm

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]

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Noun

Schelm m (genitive Schelms or Schelmes, plural Schelme)

  1. imp, rogue, prankster

Declension
Declension of Schelm
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Schelm die Schelme
genitive eines des Schelmes,
Schelms		 der Schelme
dative einem dem Schelm,
Schelme1		 den Schelmen
accusative einen den Schelm die Schelme
1Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms

References
  1. Schelm in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891

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