Rahm

== German == === Alternative forms === Ram, Raum, Rohm, Rom, Room (all obsolete) === Etymology === 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 === IPA(key): /ʁaːm/ Rhymes: -aːm === Noun === Rahm m (strong, genitive Rahmes or Rahms, no plural) (especially Southern Germany, Switzerland, Austria) cream (milkfat) Synonym: Sahne ==== Usage notes ==== 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 ==== ==== Synonyms ==== Obers (Austrian dialect) Schmetten (Austrian dialect) ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === Creme (“cream” in the sense of “frosting”) === Further reading === “Rahm” in Duden online “Rahm”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)