Kahm
[kaːm]
The verdict
“Kahm” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schimmel von grauweißer Farbe auf gegorenen Flüssigkeiten (zum Beispiel Wein, Essig oder Bier)
Corpus desk
Index DE-kahm · Kahm · German
Kahm · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kahm |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaːm] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kahm“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kahm is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Kahm in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Kahm, spelled K-A-H-M.
Definition
- 1Schimmel von grauweißer Farbe auf gegorenen Flüssigkeiten (zum Beispiel Wein, Essig oder Bier)
- 2Rand des Dunstkreises
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kahm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auch kann man den Wein auf folgende Art von dem Kahme befreyen: man reinigt nämlich vor allen andern das Spundloch in- und auswendig, füllet das Faß dann gestrichen voll, und bläset den oben schwimmenden Kahm behuthsam weg. Man klopft oder stößt nun ein wenig an das volle Faß, so steigt der leichte noch verborgene Kahm mitten im Spundloche empor, wo man…
Jeden Tag muss der Kahm dem Sonnenschein weichen.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.