Halme

[ˈhalmə]

/[ˈhalmə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Halme” is uncommon German (frequency #73,583 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,583
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Halm

Corpus desk

Index DE-halme · Halme · German

Halme · rank #73,583 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,583
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH haltbaren

Nearest frequency peer: haltbaren (+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 „Halme“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Halme
PropertyValue
HeadwordHalme
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhalmə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#73,583
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Halme“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Halmefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „haltbaren“ (#73,584), „haltlose“ (#73,585), „haarsträubende“ (#73,579). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Halme“ bei #73,583. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Halme is uncommon German at frequency #73,583 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhalmə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Halme doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Halme, spelled H-A-L-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Halm
  2. 2
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Halm
  3. 3
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Halm
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Halm

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 "Halme"?
"Halme" is spelled H-A-L-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhalmə].
What does "Halme" mean?
As a noun, "Halme" means: Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Halm
How do you pronounce "Halme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Halme" is [ˈhalmə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Halme" come from?
"Halme" 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 "Halme", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Golan#73,554gerti#73,536idols#73,633Enoch#73,435

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list