Rahm

Meaning

cream (milkfat)

Concepts

cream

custard

🍮

ice cream

🍨

top plate

ceiling plate

frozen cow juice

melba

Synonyms

Sahne

Obers

Creme

Schmand

Obers

Speiseeis

🍨

Sauerrahm

Eisbecher

Butterfett

Kaffeesahne

Schmant

Eiskreme

Teeobers

Eis

🧊

Eiscreme

🍨

Eiskrem

Likör

Dialects

Aargau

nidel

Basel-Landschaft

nyydel

Basel-Landschaft

ruum

Basel-Landschaft

ruum’milch

St. Gallen

ròòm

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁaːm/

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.