Strohhalm
German, noun/ˈʃtʁoː.halm/
Strohhalm is spelled S-T-R-O-H-H-A-L-M (9 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,235th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Strohhalm is a German masculine noun meaning “straw (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “abgedroschener Getreidehalm”.
What does Strohhalm mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestraw (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
- 2
masculinedrinking straw
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. abgedroschener Getreidehalm 2. Röhrchen zum Trinken
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 Strohhalm
- Strohhalmes genitive
- Strohhalms genitive
- Strohhalme plural
- Strohhälme informal plural rare
- Strohhälmchen diminutive neuter
- Strohhalmen dative definite plural
- Strohhälmen dative definite informal
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Strohhalm?
- /ˈʃtʁoː.halm/
- [ˈʃtʁoːˌhalm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Strohhalm
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Strohhalm in German?
Strohhalm appears 1.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).