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

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

ryym

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁaɪ̯m/

Etymology

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.