Saum

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See also: saum and šaum

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Pronunciation

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)

  1. hem (sewn edge of a garment or cloth)
  2. (figurative) edge
Declension
Declension of Saum
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 rare, see notes.

Synonyms
Hyponyms
hem
edge
hem

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)

  1. (dialectal, otherwise obsolete) burden of a pack animal
    Synonym: Last f
Declension
Declension of Saum
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 rare, see notes.

Derived terms

See also

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