Reim

Meaning

1. (masculine, strong) rhyme (poetic device)
2. (masculine, strong) rhyme, rhyming phrase, short verse
3. (masculine, strong) rime (part of a syllable after the onset)

Concepts

rhyme

rime

poetry

end rhyme

poem

stanza

hendecasyllable

Synonyms

Gedicht

Ode

Poem

Sonett

Reimwort

Limetta

Endreim

lyrisches Werk

Translations

rime

rijm

rima

rima

rima

uyak

kafiye

ομοιοκαταληξία

rima

ρίμα

قافية

vers

versetto

lime

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

ryym

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁaɪ̯m/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: rīm

Inherited from Old High German: rīm

In summary

From Middle High German rīm m (“rhyme”). In form probably inherited from Old High German rīm m (“number, count, series”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīm, from Proto-Germanic *rīmą. However, the sense follows Old French rime f (“rhyme”), whose origin is uncertain: either from the same Germanic noun or from Latin rhythmus. In the latter case, a doublet of Rhythmus.