Noun: lindeworm
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
| Sg. | lindeworm |
| Pl. | lindewormen |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like lindeworm
motiveering,
Duitse herdershond,
urilift,
vervolmaking,
elektrische spanning,
ovenfriet,
winteravond,
weervrouw,
besteding,
bloemenveiling,
vertakking,
tintinofiel,
synaps,
olieraffinaderij,
vliegtuigkaping,
sawaslang,
verzetting,
afrondfout,
druivenoogst,
wintermaand, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch lindeworm, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *linþawurmiz. Equivalent to a tautological compound of linde (“snake”) + worm (“snake”). Cognate to English lindworm, German Lindwurm, Old Norse linnormr (“constrictor snake”), Norwegian lindorm (“serpent”), Danish lindorm. See: English Nouns '
lindworm', German Nouns '
Lindwurm', Old Norse Nouns '
linnormr', Danish Nouns '
lindorm'.
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