rahmen
German, verb
rahmen is spelled R-A-H-M-E-N (6 letters) and appears 123 times per million words in written German, the 707th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rahmen is a German verb meaning “to frame” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Rahmen is a different word: “frame, scope”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas mit einer für den Zweck geeigneten, umgebenden Konstruktion (Rahmen) versehen”.
What does rahmen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to frame
verb
- 1
to cream
noun
- 1
masculineframe, scope
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. stabilisierendes Gerüst, zum Beispiel eines Fahrzeugs oder Gerätes 2. Einfassung eines Bildes 3. umschließende Einheit in einer Rahmenerzählung, die mehrere Binnengeschichten umfasst 4. Fenster- oder Türeinfassung
verb: 1. etwas mit einer für den Zweck geeigneten, umgebenden Konstruktion (Rahmen) versehen 2. für etwas die Umgebung (Rahmen) bilden
verb: 1. die fetthaltige Phase (Rahm) an der Oberfläche sammeln 2. entrahmen, den Rahm abnehmen
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 rahmen
- Rahmens genitive
- Ramen alternative obsolete
- Rahme alternative obsolete
- Rame alternative obsolete
- rahmt present singular third-person
- rahmte past
- gerahmt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- rahmend participle present
- rahme first-person indicative present
- rahmst indicative present second-person
- rahmest second-person singular subjunctive
- rahmet plural second-person subjunctive
- rahmten first-person indicative plural
- rahmtest indicative preterite second-person
- rahmtet indicative plural preterite
- rahm! imperative singular
- rahme! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to rahmen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rahmen in German?
rahmen appears 123 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).