Rymme

Rymme is a Swedish noun meaning space or room, referring to the interior extent of a place or the capacity to contain something. It can denote physical space inside a container or area, as well as abstract space for activities or possibilities.

In usage, rymme appears in design and planning contexts, and in compound terms such as arbetsutrymme (work area) or lagringsutrymme (storage space). In everyday speech, more common words for interior space are rum and utrymme; rymme is relatively formal or literary and is often found in written language or specialized vocabulary.

Rymme is distinct from rymd, which denotes outer space or the cosmos. The two words belong to related concepts of space but are used in different domains: rymde/rymd concerns the universe or space beyond Earth, while rymme concerns interior space and capacity.

Etymology traces rymme to older Germanic roots relating to space and extent, with cognates in other North Germanic languages. In modern Swedish, rymme can also function metaphorically to indicate capacity or scope, such as the ability to accommodate new ideas or actions, though this sense is more often expressed with related terms like plats or utrymme.