how to pronounce wurm

/vʊʁm/

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wurm is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of wurm in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… werden zum beispiel wurm ähnlichem …”

meanings of wurm

noun:

Worm.
Any crawling animal, e.g. a reptile.
Dragon, lindworm, wyrm.
A baby or small child; a mite; any helpless creature.
Maggot, grub.

wurm frequency in german - C1 level of CEFR

the word wurm occurs in german on average 6.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.