Polyglot Dictionary

Glühwürmchen

/ˈɡlyːˌvʏʁmçən/

das noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
Glühwürmchen

Meaning

  1. firefly

    Built from glühen (glow) + Wurm (worm) + -chen (little).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • glühen glow
  • Wurm worm
  • -chen little

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

luciole

luciole is the French word for the same thing — both mean "firefly."

Portuguese

vaga-lume

vaga-lume is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "firefly."

Practice

1 What does Glühwürmchen mean?

2 Fill the gap: ___ leuchten nachts.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Glühwürmchen?

nouncompound

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