Halm

See also: halm

German

Etymology

From Middle High German halm, from Old High German halm, from Proto-West Germanic *halm, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /halm/
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Noun

Halm m (strong, genitive Halmes or Halms, plural Halme or (very rare) Hälme, diminutive Hälmchen n)

stalk

Declension

Declension of Halm [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Halm	die	Halme, Hälme²
genitive	eines	des	Halmes, Halms	der	Halme, Hälme²
dative	einem	dem	Halm, Halme¹	den	Halmen, Hälmen²
accusative	einen	den	Halm	die	Halme, Hälme²

¹Now rare, see notes.
²Very rare.

Derived terms

Getreidehalm
Grashalm
Halmfliege
Halmfrucht
Schachtelhalm
Schilfhalm
Stoppelhalm
Strohhalm
Trinkhalm

Further reading

“Halm” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Halm” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Halm” in Duden online
Halm on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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