geraum

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German gerūm, gerūme, from Old High German girūmi, from Proto-West Germanic *garūmī. By surface analysis, ge- +‎ Raum. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aʊ̯m === Adjective === geraum (strong nominative masculine singular geraumer, comparative geraumer or geräumer, superlative am geraumsten or am geräumsten) containing much space, considerable (large in amount) lasting some time ==== Usage notes ==== The word is often used with a substantive denoting time such as Zeit or Weile, and geraume Zeit can be translated as quite some time or some time. ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “geraum” in Duden online