Saum

See also: saum and šaum

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

Synonyms

Begrenzung f, Einfassung f, Kante f, Rand m, Umrahmung f, Umrandung f

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

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 rare, see notes.

See also

“Saum” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Saum, Last” in Duden online
“Saum, Rand, Kante, Bordüre” in Duden online

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