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German
Etymology
glühen + Wurm
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡlyːˌvʊʁm/
- Hyphenation: Glüh‧wurm
Noun
Glühwurm m (strong, genitive Glühwurmes or Glühwurms, plural Glühwürmer, diminutive Glühwürmchen n)
- (dated) glowworm, firefly
- Synonym: Leuchtkäfer
1797, August Wilhelm Schlegel, transl., Ein Sommernachtstraum, translation of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, :Zur Kerze nehmt von ihr ein wächsern Bein / Und steckt es an bei eines Glühwurms Schein, / Zu leuchten meinem Freund Bett aus und ein;- And for night-tapers crop their waxen thighs / And light them at the fiery glow-worm's eyes, / To have my love to bed and to arise;
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