halm
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /hɔːm/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /hɔm/
- Rhymes: -ɔːm
Noun
halm (countable and uncountable, plural halms)
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)
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
Audio: (file)
Noun
halm m (plural halmen, diminutive halmpje n)
Derived terms
- grashalm
- strohalm
- windhalm
Related terms
- helm (“marram”)
East Central German
Preposition
halm
Further reading
- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, 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], 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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /halm/
Noun
halm (plural helmes)
Descendants
References
- “halm, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 July 2018.
Etymology 2
Noun
halm
- alternative form of helm
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Danish halm, from Old Norse halmr.
Noun
halm m (definite singular halmen)
Derived terms
References
- “halm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
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
- IPA(key): /halm/, /haɽm/
Noun
halm m (definite singular halmen, indefinite plural halmar, definite plural halmane)
Derived terms
References
- “halm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse halmr, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
halm c
Usage notes
Straw in the countable sense is strå.
Declension
nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | halm | halms |
definite | halmen | halmens | |
plural | indefinite | — | — |
definite | — | — |
Related terms
See also
- hö (“hay”)