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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

orm.

worm

3 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/oːˀrm/[ˈoɐ̯ˀm]

  1. worm

    common-gender

  2. grub

    common-gender

  3. maggot

    common-gender

  4. snake

    archaic · common-gender · poetic
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse ormr, from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz, cognate with English worm, German Wurm. The word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis, which is also the source of Latin vermis (“worm”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.