halm

See also: Halm

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /hɔːm/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /hɔm/
• Rhymes: -ɔːm

Noun

halm (countable and uncountable, plural halms)

1. (botany) Alternative spelling of haulm.

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /halm/, [halˀm]

Noun

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

1. haulm, straw

Declension

Declension of halm

common gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	halm	halmen
genitive	halms	halmens

Derived terms

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

References

• “halm” in Den Danske Ordbog

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

• Rhymes: -ɑlm

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Noun

halm m (plural halmen, diminutive halmpje n)

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

Derived terms

• grashalm
• strohalm
• windhalm

Related terms

• helm (“marram”)

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^[1] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 57

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• halme, healm, helme, holme

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /halm/

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

• “halm, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 July 2018.

Etymology 2

Noun

halm

1. (MS. Cotton Caligula A.ix) alternative form of helm

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish halm, from Old Norse halmr.

Noun

halm m (definite singular halmen)

1. straw

Derived terms

• halmtak

References

• “halm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• halm’e, hålm’e, hålm, håm’e, håm, hælm (hæłm), alm (dialectal)

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

• IPA^(key): /halm/, /haɽm/

Noun

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

1. (collective) haulm, straw
2. straw stubble

   Synonym: halmstubb

Derived terms

• halmhatt
• halmseng
• halmstrå
• halmtak
• helma
• helme
• marhalm

References

• “halm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

halm c

1. straw, haulm

Usage notes

Straw in the countable sense is strå.

Declension

Declension of halm

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	halm	halms
	definite	halmen	halmens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• 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

• “halm”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “halm”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “halm”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)