Baum

== Translingual == === Proper noun === Baum A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Hugo Baum (1866-1950). === Further reading === Author query of the International Plant Names Index == English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Baum. === Proper noun === Baum (plural Baums) A surname. === Anagrams === -umab == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German boum, from Old High German boum, from Proto-West Germanic *baum, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz. Akin to Dutch boom, Low German Boom, West Frisian beam, English beam. Plural umlaut by proportional analogy with terms like Gast (“guest”) to Gäste (“guests”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baʊ̯m/, [baʊ̯m] Rhymes: -aʊ̯m === Noun === Baum m (strong, genitive Baumes or Baums, plural Bäume, diminutive Bäumchen n or Bäumlein n or Bäumelein n) tree Vögel nisten gerne in Bäumen. ― Birds like to nest in trees. Baum fällt! ― Timber! (literally, “Tree falling!”) (nautical) boom ==== Usage notes ==== In German, one generally says: Er sitzt auf dem Baum (literally “He’s sitting on the tree”), and accordingly: Sie klettert auf den Baum (literally “She’s climbing onto the tree”). The construction with in (as in English) is not entirely impossible, but it is rare. There is a chance that it may be misunderstood as “inside a hollow tree trunk”. ==== Declension ==== ==== Hypernyms ==== (tree): Pflanze ==== Hyponyms ==== (tree): Eiche, Kastanie ==== Derived terms ==== === Proper noun === Baum m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Baums or (with an article) Baum, feminine genitive Baum, plural Baums) a surname (Can we verify(+) this sense?) a German Jewish surname === Further reading === “Baum” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Baum” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Baum” in Duden online Baum on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de “Baum” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. == Low German == === Etymology === Cognate to German Baum m, German Low German Boom, Hunsrik Baam. === Noun === Baum m tree