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Dutch
Etymology
19th century. From schelm (“trickster, scoundrel”) + -en- + roman (“novel”), calque of German Schelmenroman.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsxɛl.mə(n).roːˌmɑn/
- Hyphenation: schel‧men‧ro‧man
Noun
schelmenroman m (plural schelmenromans, diminutive schelmenromannetje n)
- trickster novel, picaresque novel ((proto)novel about tricksters)