# der Strohhalm

der Strohhalm is a German noun meaning “straw”. Forms: des Strohhalmes, die Strohhalme.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Strohhalmes
- Plural: die Strohhalme

## In other languages

- Русский: соломинка, соломина

## Meanings

1. straw (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
2. drinking straw

## Examples

- Er wird sich an jeden Strohhalm klammern. — He'll clutch at any straw.
- Er steckte einen Strohhalm in einen Ameisenhaufen. — He stuck a straw into an anthill.
- Lassen Sie uns doch Strohhalme ziehen! — Why don't we draw straws?
- Tom trank mit einem Strohhalm Schokoladenmilch. — Tom was drinking chocolate milk with a straw.
- Tom trank durch einen Strohhalm Schokoladenmilch. — Tom was drinking chocolate milk through a straw.

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URL: https://wordwide.space/de-en/wort/Strohhalm