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halm (countable and uncountable, plural halms)

  1. (botany) Alternative spelling of haulm

Danish

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

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

  1. haulm, straw

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Dutch

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

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halm m (plural halmen, diminutive halmpje n)

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

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East Central German

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Preposition

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halm

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) for, because of

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  • 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

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Etymology 1

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

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halm (plural helmes)

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

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Noun

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halm

  1. Alternative form of helm

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Danish halm, from Old Norse halmr.

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halm m (definite singular halmen)

  1. straw

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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

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

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

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Swedish

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Etymology

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

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halm c

  1. straw, haulm

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Straw in the countable sense is strå.

Declension

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Declension of halm
nominative genitive
singular indefinite halm halms
definite halmen halmens
plural indefinite
definite
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  • (hay)

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