Plant-Name Dictionary
Wormwood — names in 15 European languages
Artemisia absinthium
| Language | Common name(s) |
|---|---|
| Čeština Czech | pelyněk pravý |
| Dansk Danish | Havemalurt Have-malurt |
| Nederlands Dutch | Absintalsem |
| English English | Wormwood Absinth Sagewort, Absinth Wormwood, absinthe, Absinthe Sagewort, absinthe wormwood, absinthium, Common Sagewort, common wormwood, common-wormwood, Lad's Love, Old Man, Wormwood [plant] |
| Suomi Finnish | mali |
| Français French | Absinthe absinthe commune, armoise absinthe, armoise amère |
| Deutsch German | Wermut Absinth, Echter Wermut |
| Italiano Italian | Assenzio vero |
| Latviešu Latvian | Vērmele |
| Português Portuguese | absinto acinto, alenjo, aluína, alvina, alvínia, artemísia, erva-de-santa-margarida, erva-dos-velhos, erva-santa, losma, losna, losna-maior, sintro |
| Slovenščina Slovenian | Pravi pelin |
| Español Spanish | ajenjo absintio |
| Svenska Swedish | malört äkta malört |
| Русский Russian | polyn gor'kaja |
| Norsk Norwegian | malurt ekte malurt |
How these names are verified. Each name is drawn from authoritative botanical databases (GBIF vernacular names, Catalogue of Life, EPPO, Wikidata) and published only when confirmed by a curated authority or two independent sources — never machine-translated.