wurmen

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See also: Würmen

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wormen. Equivalent to wurm +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋʏr.mə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: wur‧men
  • Rhymes: -ʏrmən

Verb

wurmen

  1. (reflexive) to worm, move by dragging one's body around
  2. (transitive) to squeeze, to wriggle

Conjugation

Conjugation of wurmen (weak)
infinitive wurmen
past singular wurmde
past participle gewurmd
infinitive wurmen
gerund wurmen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular wurm wurmde
2nd person sing. (jij) wurmt, wurm2 wurmde
2nd person sing. (u) wurmt wurmde
2nd person sing. (gij) wurmt wurmde
3rd person singular wurmt wurmde
plural wurmen wurmden
subjunctive sing.1 wurme wurmde
subjunctive plur.1 wurmen wurmden
imperative sing. wurm
imperative plur.1 wurmt
participles wurmend gewurmd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

German

Etymology

From Wurm (worm) +‎ -en. Formally already in Middle High German wurmen and Old High German wormōn, but with unrelated senses. Since the 15th century “to have worms, be wormridden”. The contemporary meaning since the later 18th century, seemingly popularised in part by Goethe. Evoking the idea of a nibbling worm in one’s mind or conscience, perhaps remotely based on Isaiah 66:24, Mark 9:44 (“where their worm dieth not”, of the continuous agony and regret of the sinners in hell).

Pronunciation

Verb

wurmen (weak, third-person singular present wurmt, past tense wurmte, past participle gewurmt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, of a situation or past event) to cause a not necessarily strong but continuous feeling of anger, worry, or regret in someone; to rankle
    • 1878, Friedrich Nietzsche, Menschliches, Allzumenschliches [Human, All Too Human]‎, section 346:
      Wenn jemand wider Willen einen Andern unhöflich behandelt, zum Beispiel nicht grüsst, weil er ihn nicht erkennt, so wurmt ihn diess, obwohl er nicht seiner Gesinnung einen Vorwurf machen kann; ihn kränkt die schlechte Meinung, welche er bei dem Andern erzeugt hat, oder er fürchtet die Folgen einer Verstimmung, []
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Further reading

  • wurmen” in Duden online
  • wurmen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache