Reim

See also: reim and réim

German

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁaɪ̯m/

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯m

Noun

Reim m (strong, genitive Reims or Reimes, plural Reime)

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

Declension

Declension of Reim [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Reim	die	Reime
genitive	eines	des	Reims, Reimes	der	Reime
dative	einem	dem	Reim, Reime1	den	Reimen
accusative	einen	den	Reim	die	Reime

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Abzählreim
• Anfangsreim
• Endreim
• Kehrreim
• Kreuzreim
• Schweifreim
• sich einen Reim auf etwas machen
• Stabreim
• Wechselreim

 

Related terms

• reim dich oder ich fress dich
• Reimbildung
• Reimbuch
• Reimende
• Reimfabel
• Reimgedicht
• Reimlexikon
• Reimschema
• Reimsilbe
• Reimwort
• Reimwörterbuch

 

Further reading

• “Reim” in Duden online
• “Reim” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Reim” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raɪ̯m/

Noun

Reim m

1. plural of Raum

Luxembourgish

Noun

Reim m (plural Reimen)

1. rhyme

Derived terms

• Reimfolleg
• Reimscheema

Related terms

• reimen

Further reading

• Reim in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire