Masculine

Lehm

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(masculine, strong) loam
(masculine, strong) clay

Frequency

Aargau

lätt

Basel-Landschaft

laim

Basel-Landschaft

lätte

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/leːm/

Inherited from Middle High German

Inherited from Old High German

Cognate with German

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”).