Strohhalm

German

Etymology

Stroh (“straw”) +‎ Halm (“stalk”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtʁoː.halm/

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• Hyphenation: Stroh‧halm

Noun

Strohhalm m (strong, genitive Strohhalmes or Strohhalms, plural Strohhalme, diminutive Strohhälmchen n)

1. straw (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
2. drinking straw

   Synonym: Trinkhalm

Declension

Declension of Strohhalm [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Strohhalm	die	Strohhalme
genitive	eines	des	Strohhalmes, Strohhalms	der	Strohhalme
dative	einem	dem	Strohhalm, Strohhalme1	den	Strohhalmen
accusative	einen	den	Strohhalm	die	Strohhalme

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

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