英语词汇schlemiehl的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

schlemiehl; schlemihl. Nothing ever turns out right for the awkward and unlucky schlemiehl. The word, by now common American slang, comes from the Yiddish shelumiel, “one who is worthless,” which is said to derive from the name of the first Shelumiel mentioned in the Bible. Shelumiel appears four times in the Book of Numbers as the son of Zurishaddai and the leader of the tribe of Simeon. Nothing is said about him except that he is the leader of 59,300 people and makes an appropriate offering for the dedication of the altar at the Lord’s command, but it has been suggested that Shelumiel lost in battle all the time while the other tribal leaders were victorious. Be that as it may, the word schlemiehl got a boost from the allegorical tale Peter Schlemihls Wunderbare Geschichte (The wonderful story of Peter Schlemihl), written by the German botanist and poet Adelbert von Chamisso in 1814. In the story the impecunious Peter Schlemihl makes a foolish bargain with the devil, selling his shadow for a never-empty purse and finding himself an outcast from human society because he has no shadow. Through this story, which was translated into many languages and virtu- ally became legend, schlemihl came to mean anyone making a foolish bargain, both living a life of its own and reinforcing the meaning of the earlier schlemiehl.

词汇	schlemiehl
词源	schlemiehl; schlemihl. Nothing ever turns out right for the awkward and unlucky schlemiehl. The word, by now common American slang, comes from the Yiddish shelumiel, “one who is worthless,” which is said to derive from the name of the first Shelumiel mentioned in the Bible. Shelumiel appears four times in the Book of Numbers as the son of Zurishaddai and the leader of the tribe of Simeon. Nothing is said about him except that he is the leader of 59,300 people and makes an appropriate offering for the dedication of the altar at the Lord’s command, but it has been suggested that Shelumiel lost in battle all the time while the other tribal leaders were victorious. Be that as it may, the word schlemiehl got a boost from the allegorical tale Peter Schlemihls Wunderbare Geschichte (The wonderful story of Peter Schlemihl), written by the German botanist and poet Adelbert von Chamisso in 1814. In the story the impecunious Peter Schlemihl makes a foolish bargain with the devil, selling his shadow for a never-empty purse and finding himself an outcast from human society because he has no shadow. Through this story, which was translated into many languages and virtu- ally became legend, schlemihl came to mean anyone making a foolish bargain, both living a life of its own and reinforcing the meaning of the earlier schlemiehl.
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