Tatzelwurm

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Tatzelwurm.

Noun

Tatzelwurm (plural Tatzelwurms)

  1. (cryptozoology) A worm-like cryptid reported to live in the Alps.
    • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 736:
      Men had been known to quit work here, claiming that the Tatzelwurms were becoming enraged by all the drilling and explosions.

German

Etymology

From Tatze (“paw, claw”) +‎ Wurm (“worm”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Tatzelwurm m (strong, genitive Tatzelwurmes or Tatzelwurms, plural Tatzelwürmer)

  1. (cryptozoology) Tatzelwurm

Declension

Declension of Tatzelwurm [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Tatzelwurm die Tatzelwürmer
genitive eines des Tatzelwurmes, Tatzelwurms der Tatzelwürmer
dative einem dem Tatzelwurm, Tatzelwurme1 den Tatzelwürmern
accusative einen den Tatzelwurm die Tatzelwürmer

1Now rare, see notes.

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