Bildungsroman

== English == === Noun === Bildungsroman (plural Bildungsromans or Bildungsromane) Alternative letter-case form of bildungsroman. == German == === Etymology === From Bildung (“formation”) +‎ -s- +‎ Roman (“novel”), literally “novel of education”; coined by Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern c. 1820, writing Über das Wesen des Bildungsromans (“On the Nature of the Bildungsroman”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbɪldʊŋsʁoˌmaːn] === Noun === Bildungsroman m (strong, genitive Bildungsromans, plural Bildungsromane) a bildungsroman (a novel of personal maturation) ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: bildungsroman === Further reading === “Bildungsroman” in Duden online