| Worst Case | worst-case |
| Worthülse | catchword empty phrase empty word shell |
| Wortklasse | part of speech |
| Borstgras | matgrass |
| Vorstrafe | previous conviction |
| Wortart | part of speech |
| Wortfolge | word order |
| Wortlaut | wording |
| Wortliste | word list list of words |
| Wortlänge | word length |
| Wortschatz | vocabulary word-hoard |
| Wortstamm | stem |
| Wortwahl | choice of word choice of words word choice wording |
| Wortwechsel | exchange of words |
| Wortwolke | tag cloud word cloud |
| wortkarg | taciturn untalkative silent |
| Vorstufe | antecedent |
| Borste | bristle |
| Börsencrash | stock market crash |
| Forstamt | forestry office |