English

Noun

Tatzelwurm ‎(plural Tatzelwurms)

1. (cryptozoology) A worm-like cryptid reported to live in the Alps.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 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”).

Noun

Tatzelwurm m ‎(genitive Tatzelwurms or Tatzelwurmes, plural Tatzelwürmer)

1. (cryptozoology) Tatzelwurm

Declension

Related terms

• Lindwurm m