Bildungsroman.
a bildungsroman (a novel of personal maturation)
Meaning & usage
a bildungsroman (a novel of personal maturation)
Where this word comes from
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”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.