Würm

American  

[voorm, woorm, wurm, vyrm] / vʊərm, wʊərm, wɜrm, vürm /

noun

1. the fourth stage of the glaciation of Eurasia during the Pleistocene.

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Würm British  

/ wɜːm, vʊəm /

noun

1. the fourth and final Pleistocene glaciation in Alpine Europe See also Günz Riss Mindel

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Etymology

Origin of Würm

< German (1909), after a river in Bavaria, joining the Starnberger See and the river Amper

Example Sentences

But instead of shrugging it off, as so many of us do, Mr. Würm, 36, invited two photographer friends from Brooklyn to help him document the neighborhood’s transformation.

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2014

“The gentrification story is a very sensitive topic as a whole,” Mr. Würm said.

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2014

He dates the Würm maximum at between 30,000 and 50,000 years ago and estimates the duration of the Riss-Würm interglacial period at about 100,000 years.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court

Penck recognises four periods of glaciation during the pleistocene period, which he has named after typical areas, the Günz, Mindel, Riss and Würm.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court