Traum

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German troum, Old High German troum, from Proto-West Germanic *draum, from Proto-Germanic *draumaz; akin to Low German Droom, Dutch droom, English dream, Danish drøm.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʁaʊ̯m/
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Rhymes: -aʊ̯m

Noun

Traum m (strong, genitive Traumes or Traums, plural Träume)

dream
- 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 38:
  Vielleicht träume ich? Vielleicht ist es mein letzter Traum, den ich träume, der Traum auf dem Sterbebett?
  Maybe I am dreaming? Maybe it is my last dream, which I am dreaming, the dream on the deathbed?

Declension

Declension of Traum

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Traum	die	Träume
genitive	eines	des	Traumes, Traums	der	Träume
dative	einem	dem	Traum, Traume¹	den	Träumen
accusative	einen	den	Traum	die	Träume

¹Now rare, see notes.

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Further reading

“Traum” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Traum” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Traum” in Duden online
Traum on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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