Creme

• Krem (dated)
• Kreme (superseded)
• Crème (standard in Switzerland, optional in Germany)

Borrowed from French crème.

• IPA^(key): /krɛːm(ə)/, [ˈkʁɛːm], [ˈkʁɛːmə], [kʁeːm], [ˈkʁeːmə]

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• Hyphenation: Creme

Creme f (genitive Creme, plural Cremes or Cremen)

1. cream (medicine)
2. frosting, custard
3. cream colour

• For “cream” meaning “milkfat” use Sahne, or (regionally) Rahm; Obers.
• The plural Cremes is applied by speakers who use a monosyllabic pronunciation for the singular, while the plural Cremen is accordance with a disyllabic pronunciation. The former is more common.

• cremig
• Eiscreme
• Hautcreme
• Schuhcreme
• Sonnencreme
• Zahncreme

• creme

• → Hungarian: krém (also via French)
• → Yiddish: קרעם (krem) (possibly)

Colors in German · Farben (layout · text)

Weiß	Grau	Schwarz
Rot (Purpur)	Orange; Braun	Gelb; Creme, Ocker
Grün (Hellgrün, Neongrün)	Grün (Dunkelgrün)
Türkis (Cyan, Meeresgrün)	Blau (Hellblau, Azurblau)	Blau (Dunkelblau)
Lila, Violett (Blasslila, Altrosa)	Lila, Violett (Magenta, Purpur)	Rosa; Pink

• “Creme” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Creme” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Creme (Salbe, Süßspeise)” in Duden online
• Creme on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Compare Lombardic Krem.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkre.me/

Creme f

1. Crema (town in Lombardy)
   • 1125, Peterborough Chronicle:

     On þes ilces gæres sende se Papa of Rome to ðise lande an cardinal, Iohan of Creme wæs gehaten.

     In this same year sent the Pope of Rome to this land a cardinal, named John of Crema.