German

Noun

Schelm m ‎(genitive Schelms or Schelmes, plural Schelme)

1. imp, rogue, prankster

Declension

Derived terms

• schelmisch

English

Noun

schelm ‎(plural schelms)

1. A villain capable of any evil.
   • 1823, Walter Scott, Waverley Novels: Peveril of the Peak:

     Of her parents he knew nothing, except that "her father must have been a damned hundsfoot, and a schelm for selling his own flesh and blood to Adrian Brackel"

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛlm

Noun

schelm m ‎(plural schelmen, diminutive schelmpje n)

1. (originally) rogue, scoundrel, fiend
2. (figuratively) imp, prankster, rascal

Derived terms

• schelmenstreek, schelmerij, schelmstuk
• schelmachtig, schelms
• schelmenroman