Halm

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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/
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Noun

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

  1. stalk

Declension

Declension of Halm
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

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
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