Lehm

See also: lehm

German

Etymology

From Middle High German leime, from Old High German leimo, from Proto-Germanic *laimô. The modern vocalism is Central and Low German; compare Middle Low German lêm, from Old Saxon lēmo. The regular form was replaced due to its becoming homophonous with unrelated Leim (“glue”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /leːm/

Noun

Lehm m (genitive Lehms or Lehmes, plural Lehme)

loam

Declension

Declension of Lehm

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Lehm	die	Lehme
genitive	eines	des	Lehmes, Lehms	der	Lehme
dative	einem	dem	Lehm, Lehme¹	den	Lehmen
accusative	einen	den	Lehm	die	Lehme

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms

Further reading

Lehm in Duden online

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