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Holzwurm

German, noun/ˈhɔlt͡sˌvʊʁm/

Holzwurm is spelled H-O-L-Z-W-U-R-M (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 115,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Holzwurm is a German masculine noun meaning “woodworm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “holzfressendes Insekt beziehungsweise Larve eines Insekts”.

What does Holzwurm mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinewoodworm

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. holzfressendes Insekt beziehungsweise Larve eines Insekts

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of Holzwurm

  • Holzwurmes genitive
  • Holzwurms genitive
  • Holzwürmer plural
  • Holzwurme dative singular
  • Holzwürmern dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Holzwurm?

  • /ˈhɔlt͡sˌvʊʁm/
  • [ˈhɔlt͡sˌvʊʁm]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Holzwurm

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Holzwurm in German?

Holzwurm appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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