Schelm

== Dutch == === Etymology === First attested as een beemd de Schelm genaamd in 1606. Likely cognate with dialectal scheluw (“crooked, askew”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sxɛlm/ Hyphenation: Schelm Rhymes: -ɛlm Homophone: schelm === Proper noun === Schelm n a hamlet in Deurne, North Brabant, Netherlands === References === van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German schelme (“pest, plague; those who have fallen in battle”), Old High German scalmo (“plague”), from Proto-West Germanic *skalmjan, umlauted derivation from *skalman (“plague, epidemic, corpse”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, part, divide”) or *(s)kelh₁- (“to parch, wither”). Cognate with Middle Low German schelm (“carrion, cadaver”), Dutch schelm, Icelandic skelmir (“rogue”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃɛlm/ === Noun === Schelm m (strong, genitive Schelmes or Schelms, plural Schelme, feminine Schelmin) imp, rogue; (modern usage) prankster, rascal ==== Usage notes ==== Originally a derogatory term, in modern usage mostly associated with playfulness (through semantic amelioration). ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Polish: szelma → Russian: ше́льма (šélʹma) === References === === Further reading === “Schelm” in Duden online “Schelm”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[3] (in German)