Rahm

German edit

Alternative forms edit

Ram, Raum, Rohm, Rom, Room (all obsolete)

Etymology edit

Dialectal variant of expected Raum (early modern German, rare), from Middle High German roum, from Old High German roum, from Proto-West Germanic *raum, from Proto-Germanic *raumaz.

The form Rahm ousted the regular form due to homonymy with Raum (“room”), from Middle High German rūm. Dialects that have developed Middle High German -ou- into -ā- are found in south-eastern and central-western Germany. Cognate with Dutch room and English ream.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ʁaːm/
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Rhymes: -aːm

Noun edit

Rahm m (strong, genitive Rahmes or Rahms, no plural)

(especially Southern Germany, Switzerland, Austria) cream (milkfat)
Synonym: Sahne

Usage notes edit

In German standard German, Rahm is used mainly in compounds (such as Rahmsoße, Sauerrahm etc.); otherwise Sahne is much more common. This is not necessarily true of colloquial varieties nor of standard German in Austria and Switzerland.

Declension edit

Declension of Rahm [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Rahm
genitive	eines	des	Rahmes, Rahms
dative	einem	dem	Rahm, Rahme¹
accusative	einen	den	Rahm

¹Now rare, see notes.

Synonyms edit

Obers (Austrian dialect)
Schmetten (Austrian dialect)

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