halm

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /hɔːm/
    • (file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /hɔm/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːm

Noun[edit]

halm (countable and uncountable, plural halms)

  1. (botany) Alternative spelling of haulm

Danish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse halmr, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz.

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Noun[edit]

halm c (singular definite halmen, not used in plural form)

  1. haulm, straw

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

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Noun[edit]

halm m (plural halmen, diminutive halmpje n)

  1. haulm, stalk, stem of grasses (including grain and reed)

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East Central German[edit]

Preposition[edit]

halm

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) for, because of

Further reading[edit]

  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 57:

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Old English healm, from Proto-West Germanic *halm, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz.

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Noun[edit]

halm (plural helmes)

  1. The stalks remaining after cultivation; haulm, straw.
  2. The grip or pole of a weapon.
Descendants[edit]
  • English: haulm, halm, helm
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Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

halm

  1. Alternative form of helm

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Danish halm, from Old Norse halmr.

Noun[edit]

halm m (definite singular halmen)

  1. straw

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse halmr, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic hálmur, Swedish and Danish halm, German Halm and English haulm.

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Noun[edit]

halm m (definite singular halmen, indefinite plural halmar, definite plural halmane)

  1. (collective) haulm, straw
  2. straw stubble
    Synonym: halmstubb

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse halmr, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz.

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Noun[edit]

halm c

  1. straw, haulm

Usage notes[edit]

Straw in the countable sense is strå.

Declension[edit]

Declension of halm 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative halm halmen
Genitive halms halmens

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