bildungsroman

Borrowed from German Bildungsroman, from Bildung (“education, formation”) + -s- + Roman (“novel”).

German term coined c. 1820 by Johann Carl Simon Morgenstern; titled an 1820 text Über das Wesen des Bildungsromans (“On the Nature of the Bildungsroman”).

• IPA^(key): /bɪl.ˈdʌŋz.ɹou.mən/

bildungsroman (plural bildungsromans or bildungsromane)

1. A novel tracing the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the main character, usually from childhood to maturity.

Borrowed from German Bildungsroman.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbil.duŋs.roːˌmɑn/

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• Hyphenation: bil‧dungs‧ro‧man

bildungsroman m (plural bildungsromans, diminutive bildungsromannetje n)

1. bildungsroman

• vormingsroman

bildungsroman m (plural ?)

1. bildungsroman