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germ

How many syllables in germ?

  1 syllable

Divide germ into syllables:   germ
Syllable stress:   germ
How to pronounce germ:   jurm
How to say germ:

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Synonyms for germ


1 syllable
  • bug
  • seed
  • pip
2 syllables
  • kernel
  • virus
  • microbe
3 syllables
  • embryo
  • rudiment
  • origin
4 syllables
    5 syllables
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      What rhymes with germ

      1 syllable
      • berm
      • firm
      • perm
      • squirm
      • therm
      • worm
      • ferm
      • herm
      • sperm
      • term
      • thurm
      • wur
      2 syllables
      • affirm
      • infirm
      3 syllables
      4 syllables
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