wurmen
German (Berlin)
verb-weak
Definitions
- (transitive) to cause a not necessarily strong but continuous feeling of anger, worry, or regret in someone; to rankle
Etymology
Suffix from German Wurm (worm) inherited from Middle High German wurmen inherited from Old High German wormōn.
Origin
Old High German
wormōn
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bandwurm German
- Bücherwurm German
- Fadenwurm German
- Gewürm German
- Glühwurm German
- Glühwürmchen German
- Holzwurm German
- Madenwurm German
- Ohrwurm German
- Priapswurm German
- Regenwurm German
- Saugwurm German
- Tatzelwurm German
- Wurm German
- Wurmloch German
- Wurmschraube German
- Würmchen German
- wurmstichig German
- wormōn Old High German
- wurm Old High German
- wurmen Middle High German