Rahm

Signification (English)

cream (milkfat)

Concepts

crème

crème glacée

🍨

glace

🧊

crème fraiche

crème fraîche

Synonyms

Sahne

Obers

Creme

Schmand

Obers

Speiseeis

🍨

Sauerrahm

Eisbecher

Butterfett

Kaffeesahne

Schmant

Eiskreme

Teeobers

Eis

🧊

Eiscreme

🍨

Eiskrem

Likör

Dialectes

canton d’Argovie

nidel

canton de Bâle-Campagne

nyydel

canton de Bâle-Campagne

ruum

canton de Bâle-Campagne

ruum’milch

canton de Saint-Gall

ròòm

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ʁaːm/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen haut-allemand: roum

Inherited from ancien haut allemand: roum

Cognate with néerlandais: room

Cognate with anglais: ream

In summary

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.