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See also: Halm

English

Pronunciation

Noun

halm (countable and uncountable, plural halms)

  1. (botany) Alternative spelling of haulm.

Danish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. haulm, straw

Declension

More information common gender, singular ...

Derived terms

  • græshalm
  • halmafbrænding
  • halmballe
  • halmbuk
  • halmfyr
  • halmhus
  • halmknippe
  • halmkrans
  • halmloft
  • halmmadras
  • halmmåtte
  • halmstak
  • halmstrå
  • halmvisk
  • hvedehalm
  • langhalm
  • overskudshalm
  • sengehalm

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

halm m (plural halmen, diminutive halmpje n)

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

Derived terms

East Central German

Preposition

halm

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) for, because of

Further reading

  • Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), 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 (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 57
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Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

halm (plural helmes)

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

Etymology 2

Noun

halm

  1. alternative form of helm
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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Danish halm, from Old Norse halmr.

Noun

halm m (definite singular halmen)

  1. straw

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

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Swedish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

halm c

  1. straw, haulm

Usage notes

Straw in the countable sense is strå.

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
  • halma
  • halmbal
  • halmbolster
  • halmbädd
  • halmfläta
  • halmflätning
  • halmfärgad
  • halmgul
  • halmhatt
  • halmhylsa
  • halmig
  • halmkärve
  • halmmadrass
  • halmmatta
  • halmpress
  • halmrep
  • halmsko
  • halmslöjd
  • halmstack
  • Halmstad
  • Halmstadsbo
  • Halmstadslax
  • halmstrå
  • halmtak
  • halmtäckning
  • halmtäckt
  • halmviska
  • sänghalm
  • ärthalm

See also

  • hö (“hay”)

References

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