Halma
German, noun/ˈhalma/
Halma is spelled H-A-L-M-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 152,733rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Halma is a German neuter noun meaning “halma (board game)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Brettspiel für 2 bis 4 Personen, mit je 13 oder 19 Figuren, die man so schnell wie möglich auf die andere…”.
What does Halma mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterhalma (board game)
- 2
neuterChinese checkers (board game)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Brettspiel für 2 bis 4 Personen, mit je 13 oder 19 Figuren, die man so schnell wie möglich auf die andere Spielfeldseite bringen muss
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Halma
- Halmas genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Halma?
- /ˈhalma/
- [ˈhalma]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Halma in German?
Halma appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).