Word of the Day – Bildungsroman

Bildungsroman (noun)

bil-dungs-roe-marn

A novel dealing with one person’s formative years or spiritual education:

Not a word you hear too often, but we certainly should! Maybe it’s time to work on bringing this one back into more popular usage. From German Bildung – education, Roman – a novel.

Example sentences

“The Alchemist is a bildungsroman and the reader learns too.”