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Schelm

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schelm Dutch Etymology First attested as een beemd de Schelm genaamd in 1606. Likely cognate with dialectal nl scheluw crooked, askew. Pronunciation nl /sxɛlm/ nl Nl-schelm.ogg nl Schelm nl ɛlm 1 nl schelm Proper noun n nl hamlet mun/Deurne p/North Brabant c/Netherlands References German Etymology From de gmh schelme pest, plague; those who have fallen in battle, de goh scalmo plague, from de gmw-pro *skalmjan, umlauted derivation from gmw-pro *skalman plague, epidemic, corpse, of uncertain origin, but possibly from de ine-pro *(s)kelH- to split, part, divide or ine-pro *(s)kelh₁- to parch, wither. Cognate with gml schelm carrion, cadaver, nl schelm, is skelmir rogue.Schelm Pronunciation de /ʃɛlm/ de De-Schelm.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun m,(e)s in imp, rogue; de modern usage prankster, rascal Marthens Garten Hab ich vor dem Menschen ein heimlich Grauen, / Und halt ihn für einen Schelm dazu! / Gott verzeih mir's, wenn ich ihm unrecht tu! de Katrin Bettina Müller „Die drei Rätsel“ an der Deutschen Oper: Es rumpelt am Himmel und im Bauch Die Tageszeitung: taz 2025-10-13 https://taz.de/Die-drei-Raetsel-an-der-Deutschen-Oper/!6116516/ 0931-9085 Das große Wort führt ein Junge, Lasso (Emil Vandersee), ein Schelm in gestreiften Hosen. https://web.archive.org/web/20251023041937/https://taz.de/Die-drei-Raetsel-an-der-Deutschen-Oper/!6116516/ 23 October 2025 Usage notes Originally a derogatory term, in modern usage mostly associated with playfulness (through semantic amelioration). Declension m,(e)s Derived terms de schelmisch Schelmenroman ein Schelm, der Böses dabei denkt Descendants pl szelma 1 ru ше́льма 2 References Further reading