Saum

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /zaʊ̯m/ Rhymes: -aʊ̯m === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German soum, from Old High German soum, from Proto-West Germanic *saum (“seam, hem”). ==== Noun ==== Saum m (strong, genitive Saumes or Saums, plural Säume) hem (sewn edge of a garment or cloth) (figurative) edge ===== Declension ===== ===== Synonyms ===== Begrenzung f, Einfassung f, Kante f, Rand m, Umrahmung f, Umrandung f ===== Hyponyms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle High German soum, from Old High German soum, from Proto-West Germanic *saum (“load, burden; sacksaddle”). ==== Noun ==== Saum m (strong, genitive Saumes or Saums, plural Säume) (dialectal, otherwise obsolete) burden of a pack animal Synonym: Last f ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Saumer ===== Related terms ===== === See also === Saumagen === Further reading === “Saum”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Saum, Last” in Duden online “Saum, Rand, Kante, Bordüre” in Duden online