Raum

Borrowed from German Raum. Doublet of room.

Raum (plural Raums)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Raum is the 40313^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 543 individuals. Raum is most common among White (89.32%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Raum”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• IPA^(key): /ʁaʊ̯m/

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• Rhymes: -aʊ̯m
• Hyphenation: Raum

From Middle High German rūm, from Old High German rūm, from Proto-West Germanic *rūm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą, from Proto-Indo-European *rewh₁-.

Raum m (strong, genitive Raumes or Raums, plural Räume)

1. (physics) space
   • 1985, Carlo Karges, “Irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwann”, in Feuer und Flamme, performed by Nena:

     Im Sturz durch Raum und Zeit
     Richtung Unendlichkeit
     Fliegen Motten in das Licht
     Genau wie du und ich

     In freefall through space and time
     In the direction of infinity
     Motes fly in the light
     Just like you and me

2. capacity, volume, room

   Synonyms: Rauminhalt, Fassungsvermögen

3. room, chamber

   Synonyms: Gemach, Gelass, Zimmer

4. place, area, field, room, space
   1. room, hold (of a vessel or vehicle)

      Synonym: Hubraum

5. (figurative) scope, opportunity, field

• See Zimmer for notes on the distinction between it and Raum.

From Middle High German roum, from Old High German roum, from Proto-West Germanic *raum, from Proto-Germanic *raumaz.

Raum m (strong, genitive Raumes or Raums, no plural) (archaic and dialectal only)

1. alternative form of Rahm (“cream”)
   • 1680, Franciszek à Mesgnien Meninski, “Raum”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[1] (in Ottoman Turkish, Turkish, Latin, German, Italian, French, and Polish), Vienna, column 3828:

     قیمقلنمق kajmaklanmak. Cremore obduci. Raum bekommen / zu Milchraum werden. Far il fiore. Se prendre, se couvrir de cresme. Smietánę wydáć.
     قیمقلو kajmaklü. Cremore tectus. Mit Raum überzogen. Latte col fiore. De cresme, avec la cresme. Z śmietáną / śmietánę májący.

     Forming cream.
     Covered with cream.

• “Raum” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Raum” in Duden online

From Middle High German and Old High German rūm, from Proto-West Germanic *rūm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą.

• IPA^(key): /ˈraʊ̯m/
• Rhymes: -aʊ̯m
• Syllabification: Raum

Raum m (plural Reim)

1. room

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

From Middle High German and Old High German rūm, from Proto-West Germanic *rūm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą. Cognate with German Raum, Dutch ruim, English room.

• IPA^(key): /ræu̯m/, [ʀæˑʊ̯m]
• Rhymes: -æːʊm

Raum m (plural Raim or Räim)

1. room

• geraimeg
• raumen

• Raum in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire

From Middle High German rūm, from Old High German rūm, from Proto-West Germanic *rūm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą, from Proto-Indo-European *rewh₁-.

Raum m (plural Räum)

1. room

From Middle High German roum, from Old High German roum, from Proto-Germanic *raumaz.

Raum m

1. ream