Polyglot Dictionary

Wurm

/vʊʁm/

der noun A2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Würmer

Meaning

  1. worm

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

blindschleiche

A Wurm is an actual worm; a Blindschleiche (slow worm) is actually a legless lizard, not a true worm, despite the English name and appearance.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

gusano

gusano is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "worm."

Portuguese

verme

verme is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "worm."

Practice

1 What does Wurm mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Vogel frisst einen ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Wurm?

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