Halm

See also: halm

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /halm/

• Audio:

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Noun

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

1. stalk

Declension

Declension of Halm [masculine, strong]

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

¹Now rare, see notes.

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