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/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -alm

Noun

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

1. 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