Lehm

Meaning

1. (masculine, strong) loam
2. (masculine, strong) clay

Concepts

clay

loam

mud

argil

dirt

pug

stratum of loam

slippery ground

Synonyms

Ton

Tonerde

Schlamm

Ziegelton

Schmutz

Pickel

Morast

tönern

Lehmschicht

glatter Boden

Kot

Translations

argilla

argile

barro

arcilla

klei

argila

άργιλος

fango

kil

leem

argilla

creta

πηλός

argila

Dialects

Aargau

lätt

Basel-Landschaft

laim

Basel-Landschaft

lätte

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/leːm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: leime

Inherited from Old High German: leimo

Cognate with German: gml

Cognate with German: osx

In summary

From Middle High German leime, from Old High German leimo, from Proto-West Germanic *laimō, from Proto-Germanic *laimô, variant of *laimaz. The modern vocalism is Central and Low German; compare Middle Low German lêm, from Old Saxon lēmo. The regular form was replaced due to its becoming homophonous with unrelated Leim (“glue”).