Halm

[halm]

/[halm]/ noun

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The verdict

“Halm” is uncommon German (frequency #51,384 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,384
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - biegsame (hohler) Sprossachse von Gräsern oder Getreide

Corpus desk

Index DE-halm · Halm · German

Halm · rank #51,384 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,384
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH haid

Nearest frequency peer: haid (-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 „Halm“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Halm
PropertyValue
HeadwordHalm
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[halm]
Letters4
Frequency rank#51,384
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Halm“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „haid“ (#51,383), „Hagener“ (#51,382), „Handelsgesellschaft“ (#51,386). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Halm“ bei #51,384. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Halm is uncommon German at frequency #51,384 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [halm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "biegsame (hohler) Sprossachse von Gräsern oder Getreide".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Halm, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Halm, spelled H-A-L-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    biegsame (hohler) Sprossachse von Gräsern oder Getreide

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Ein grauer Stein fiel aus der Luft herab. Hierauf erhob sich Wogen der Halme und wildes Rascheln dort, wo er eingeschlagen. Als ob ein kleiner Wirbelwind an jener Stelle entstehe, sträubten sich die Ähren.“
  2. „Die kurzen Halme moderner Weizensorten können schwere Ähren tragen.“

This word in other languages

stalk(English)caña(Español)chaume(Français)colmo(Português)

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 "Halm"?
"Halm" is spelled H-A-L-M. The IPA pronunciation is [halm].
What does "Halm" mean?
As a noun, "Halm" means: biegsame (hohler) Sprossachse von Gräsern oder Getreide
How do you pronounce "Halm"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Halm" is [halm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Halm" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

haid#51,383Hofs#51,418Iraq#51,437Flak#51,317

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list