Rahm

A dialectal pronunciation of Raum from Middle High German roum, from Old High German roum, from Proto-Germanic *raumaz, ousting the regular form due to identicalness 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.

• IPA^(key): /ʁaːm/

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• Rhymes: -aːm

Rahm m (genitive Rahms or Rahmes, no plural)

1. cream (milkfat)

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.

• Sahne
• Schmetten (Austrian dialect)

• Creme (“cream” in the sense of “frosting”)

• Rahm in Duden online