Grashalm

[ˈɡʁaːsˌhalm]

/[ˈɡʁaːsˌhalm]/ noun

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The verdict

“Grashalm” is uncommon German (frequency #74,656 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,656
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Halm von Gras

Corpus desk

Index DE-grashalm · Grashalm · German

Grashalm · rank #74,656 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,656
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gravitationsw…

Nearest frequency peer: Gravitationswellen (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Grashalm“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Grashalm“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Grashalm
PropertyValue
HeadwordGrashalm
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡʁaːsˌhalm]
Letters8
Frequency rank#74,656
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Grashalm“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Grashalmfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gravitationswellen“ (#74,657), „grandma“ (#74,654), „Grenada“ (#74,658). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Grashalm“ bei #74,656. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Grashalm is uncommon German at frequency #74,656 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡʁaːsˌhalm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Halm von Gras".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Grashalm, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Grashalm, spelled G-R-A-S-H-A-L-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Halm von Gras

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Grashalm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Tausend Tautropfen glitzerten auf den Grashalmen.“
  2. „Der andere kaute auf einem Grashalm und verbeugte sich leicht.“

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Grashalm"?
"Grashalm" is spelled G-R-A-S-H-A-L-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡʁaːsˌhalm].
What does "Grashalm" mean?
As a noun, "Grashalm" means: Halm von Gras
How do you pronounce "Grashalm"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Grashalm" is [ˈɡʁaːsˌhalm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Grashalm" come from?
"Grashalm" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Grashalm", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

goodwill#74,650Gutsherr#74,669Glaswand#74,637Harakiri#74,683

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list