Baum

See also: baum and Bäum

Translingual

Proper noun

Baum

1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Hugo Baum (1866-1950).

Further reading

• Author query of the International Plant Names Index

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

German Baumbor.

English Baum

Borrowed from German Baum.

Proper noun

Baum (plural Baums)

1. A surname.

Anagrams

• -umab

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• Boum (variant spelling, at least in Kölsch uncommon)
• Boom (most dialects)
• Baam (southern Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German boum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔu̯m/

Noun

Baum m (plural (Kölsch) Bäum or (Westerwald) Baim, diminutive Bäumche or Baimche)

1. (Kölsch, Westerwald) tree

   Nää, su ne schöne Baum krije mer niemols mih!

   No, we’ll never get such a beautiful tree again!

   • 2003, “Rut sin de Ruse”‎^[1]performed by De Boore:

     Och unsre Baum, dä steiht noch do, wo ich dat Hätz erenjemaht.
     Dä Baum, dä hät uns beiden Jlöck jebraht.

     Our tree is still standing there too, the one in which I carved a heart.
     That tree has brought the two of us luck/happiness.

German

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Pflanze

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Wurzel

Stamm

Ast

Blatt

Nadel

Frucht

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʊ̯m/, [baʊ̯m]

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• Rhymes: -aʊ̯m

Noun

Baum m (strong, genitive Baumes or Baums, plural Bäume, diminutive Bäumchen n or Bäumlein n)

1. tree

   Vögel nisten gern in Bäumen. ― Birds like to nest in trees.

   Bäume zählen zu den größten Lebensformen.

   Trees are one of the biggest life forms.

   Baum fällt! ― Timber! (literally, “Tree falling!”)

2. (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

Declension of Baum [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Baum	die	Bäume
genitive	eines	des	Baumes, Baums	der	Bäume
dative	einem	dem	Baum, Baume1	den	Bäumen
accusative	einen	den	Baum	die	Bäume

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hypernyms

• (tree): Pflanze

Hyponyms

• (tree): Eiche, Kastanie

Derived terms

• Affenbrotbaum
• Apfelbaum
• Apfelsinenbaum
• Aprikosenbaum
• baumartig
• Baumast
• Baumbast
• baumbestanden
• Baumgartner
• Baumgrenze
• Baumhaus
• Baumhöhle
• bäumig
• Baumkrone
• Baumkuchen
• Baumkunde
• baumlang
• baumlos
• Baummarder
• Baumralle
• baumreich
• Baumschule
• Baumstumpf
• Baumwiese
• Baumwipfel
• Baumwolle
• baumwollen
• Baumzapfen
• Baumzweig
• Birkenbaum
• Birnbaum
• Doppelbaum
• Duftbaum
• Eichenbaum
• Entscheidungsbaum
• Erdbeerbaum
• Feigenbaum
• Felgenbaum
• Flammenbaum
• Gummibaum
• Johannisbrotbaum
• Kakaobaum
• Kastanienbaum
• Kirschbaum
• Laubbaum
• Maibaum
• Mandelbaum
• Maulbeerbaum
• Nadelbaum
• Nussbaum
• Obstbaum
• Olivenbaum
• Orangenbaum
• Pfirsichbaum
• Pflaumbaum
• Pflaumenbaum
• Schlagbaum
• Schneckensamenbaum
• Stammbaum
• Suchbaum
• Tannenbaum
• Walnussbaum
• Weihnachtsbaum

Additional regional or archaic diminutives

• Bäumele
• Bäumelein
• Bäumerl
• Bäumken
• Bäumle
• Bäumli
• Bäumlin

Proper noun

Baum m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Baums or (with an article) Baum, plural Baums or Baum)

1. a surname
2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) a German Jewish surname

Further reading

• “Baum”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[2] (in German)
• “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

Alternative forms

• Bäom, Boum (Sauerland)
• Boom (chiefly non-Westphalian)

Etymology

From Middle Low German bôm.

Noun

Baum m (plural Baime or Bäme or Boime) (most of Münsterland and eastern Westphalia)

1. tree