Kahm
German, noun/kaːm/
Kahm is spelled K-A-H-M (4 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 156,943rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kahm is a German masculine noun meaning “kahm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schimmel von grauweißer Farbe auf gegorenen Flüssigkeiten (zum Beispiel Wein, Essig oder Bier)”.
What does Kahm mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekahm
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Schimmel von grauweißer Farbe auf gegorenen Flüssigkeiten (zum Beispiel Wein, Essig oder Bier) 2. Rand des Dunstkreises
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Kahm
- Kahms genitive
- Kahmes genitive
- Kahme dative singular
- Kahn variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kahm?
- /kaːm/
- [kaːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kahm in German?
Kahm appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).