Turm
German, noun/tʊʁm/
Turm is spelled T-U-R-M (4 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written German, the 4,877th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Turm is a German masculine noun meaning “tower, spire (very tall building or structure, especially with a tapering top)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “hohes, schlankes, freistehendes Gebäude”.
What does Turm mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetower, spire (very tall building or structure, especially with a tapering top)
- 2
masculinesteeple (tall tower on a church, normally topped with a spire)
- 3
masculinerook (piece shaped like a castle tower)
- 4
masculinediving platform (structure used for competitive diving)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. hohes, schlankes, freistehendes Gebäude 2. schlank aufragender Gebäudeteil 3. Spielfigur beim Schach 4. etwas Hohes, Starkes, Festes
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 Turm
- Turmes genitive
- Turms genitive
- Türme plural
- Türmchen diminutive neuter
- Türmlein diminutive neuter
- Turme dative singular
- Türmen dative definite plural
- Thurm alternative obsolete
- Thurn alternative obsolete
- T abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Turm?
- /tʊʁm/
- [tʊʁm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Turm
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Turm in German?
Turm appears 15 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).