Saum
See also: saum and šaum
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zaʊ̯m/
- Rhymes: -aʊ̯m
Etymology 1
From Middle High German soum (“hem, seam”), from Old High German soum (“hem, seam”), from Proto-West Germanic *saum, from Proto-Germanic *saumaz. Cognate with Dutch zoom, English seam. Compare Old High German siuwen (“to sew”), English sew.
Noun
Saum m (strong, genitive Saumes or Saums, plural Säume)
- hem (sewn edge of a garment or cloth)
- (figurative) edge
Synonyms
- Begrenzung f, Einfassung f, Kante f, Rand m, Umrahmung f, Umrandung f
Etymology 2
From Middle High German soum (“weight, pack animal”), from Old High German soum (“weight, pack animal”), from Vulgar Latin *sauma (“packsaddle”), from Latin sagma, from Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma).
Noun
Saum m (strong, genitive Saumes or Saums, plural Säume)
- (dialectal, otherwise obsolete) burden of a pack animal
- Synonym: Last f
Declension
Declension of Saum [masculine, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Saum | die | Säume |
| genitive | eines | des | Saumes, Saums | der | Säume |
| dative | einem | dem | Saum, Saume1 | den | Säumen |
| accusative | einen | den | Saum | die | Säume |
1Now uncommon, see notes.
See also
- “Saum” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Saum, Last” in Duden online
- “Saum, Rand, Kante, Bordüre” in Duden online