(plural Wörter) word as an isolated unit / (plural Worte) utterance, word with context / (uncountable) speech, speaking, (figuratively) floor / (uncountable) promise, (figuratively) word / (Christianity) the Word (epithet for Christ, the Second Person of the Trinity) / (biblical) the Word of God, Scripture, the scriptures (collectively)

(often in the plural) winged word, catchphrase (a well-known quotation, often a witticism)

to get a chance to speak

from your lips to God's ears; expresses that the speaker wants a preceding statement to be true, but considers it doubtful or even unlikely in most cases there is no unlikely element. It is just a hope (prayer) that the statement come true.

one word leads to another

(idiomatic) to think carefully about one's wording / (idiomatic) to take words too literally