🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Reim

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Reim

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Rhyme/raɪm/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Das Gedicht hat einen schönen Reim."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of lines, especially when used at the ends of lines in poetry.

    "The poem has a strict AABB rhyme scheme."
As verb
  1. 1

    To have the same end sound as another word.

    "Cat and hat rhyme with each other."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'rhyme' originates from the Old French 'rime', which itself comes from the Latin 'rhythmus', derived from the Greek 'rhythmos'. The term has evolved over centuries to denote the correspondence of sounds in poetry and music.

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