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wurmstichig

German, adjective/ˈvʊʁmˌʃtɪçɪç/

wurmstichig is a German adjective meaning “wormy, worm-eaten, maggoty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von Würmern befallen”.

What does wurmstichig mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    wormy, worm-eaten, maggoty

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. von Würmern befallen 2. von Holzwürmern befallen 3. innerlich faul, verkommen

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 wurmstichig

  • wurmstichiger masculine nominative singular
  • am wurmstichigsten superlative
  • wurmstichige feminine nominative singular
  • wurmstichiges neuter nominative singular
  • wurmstichigen genitive masculine singular
  • wurmstichigem dative masculine singular
  • der wurmstichige definite includes-article masculine
  • die wurmstichige definite feminine includes-article
  • das wurmstichige definite includes-article neuter
  • die wurmstichigen definite includes-article nominative
  • des wurmstichigen definite genitive includes-article
  • der wurmstichigen definite feminine genitive
  • dem wurmstichigen dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce wurmstichig?

  • /ˈvʊʁmˌʃtɪçɪç/
  • /-ˌʃtɪçɪk/
  • [ˈvʊʁmˌʃtɪçɪç]

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

English words that translate to wurmstichig

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

How common is wurmstichig in German?

wurmstichig appears about once in every 71 million words in written German.

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