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Rahm

Pronunciation: /ʁaːm/

“Rahm” is a German word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. cream (milkfat)

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…

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