raum
German, adjective
raum is spelled R-A-U-M (4 letters) and appears 129 times per million words in written German, the 678th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Raum is a German adjective meaning “of the sea, wide open” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Raum is a different word: “space”. With an umlaut, räum is a different word: “singular imperative of räumen”.
What does raum mean in English?
adjective
- 1
of the sea, wide open
die raume See
- 2
coming from the back at an angle (from between the sides and the back)
noun
- 1
masculinespace
- 2
masculinecapacity, volume, room
- 3
masculineroom, chamber
- 4
masculineplace, area, field, room, space
- 5
masculineroom, hold (of a vessel or vehicle)
- 6
masculinescope, opportunity, field
verb
- 1
singular imperative of räumen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sich in drei Dimensionen erstreckende geometrische Größe 2. zum Aufenthalt oder für unterschiedliche Nutzung bestimmter, von allen Seiten umschlossener Bereich 3. Bereich, der genutzt werden kann 4. Gebiet ohne exakte Abgrenzung
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 raum
- Raumes genitive
- Raums genitive
- Räume plural
- Raume dative singular
- Räumen dative definite plural
- raumer masculine nominative singular
- am raumsten superlative
- raume feminine nominative singular
- raumes neuter nominative singular
- raumen genitive masculine singular
- raumem dative masculine singular
- der raume definite includes-article masculine
- Räumchen diminutive
- Räumlein diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to raum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is raum in German?
raum appears 129 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).