Wurm
German, noun/vʊrm/
Wurm is spelled W-U-R-M (4 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written German, the 11,619th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wurm is a German masculine noun meaning “worm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wirbelloses, bilateral-symmetrisches, langgestrecktes Tier”.
What does Wurm mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneuterworm
- 2
informalmasculineneutermaggot, grub
- 3
archaicmasculineneuterany crawling animal, e.g. a reptile
- 4
masculineneuterdragon, lindworm, wyrm
- 5
masculineneuterworm
- 6
colloquialmasculineneutera baby or small child; a mite; any helpless creature
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. wirbelloses, bilateral-symmetrisches, langgestrecktes Tier 2. volkstümliche Bezeichnung von Krankheiten, die man durch Ausschneiden eines Nervs, den man für den Wurm hielt, zu bessern suchte 3. ein Parasit der Haustiere oder der Menschen 4. armseliges, hilfloses Wesen
noun: 1. kleines, hilfsbedürftiges; auch krankes, schwächliches Kind
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 Wurm
- meaning "baby
- mite"
- Wurmes genitive
- Wurms genitive
- Würmer plural
- Würme archaic plural
- Würmchen diminutive neuter
- Würmlein diminutive neuter
- Wurme dative singular
- Würmern dative definite plural
- Würmen archaic dative definite
- Würmelein diminutive
- Würmleinchen diminutive
- Würmeleinchen diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wurm?
- /vʊrm/
- [vʊʁm]
- [vʊɐ̯m]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Wurm
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wurm in German?
Wurm appears 5.4 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).