Translingual

Proper noun

Baum

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

German

Picture dictionary
Pflanze
Wurzel Stamm Ast Blatt Nadel Frucht

Etymology

From Old High German boum, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz. Akin to Dutch boom, Low German Boom, West Frisian beam, English beam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baʊ̯m]
• Rhymes: -aʊ̯m

Noun

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

1. tree

   Vögel nisten gerne in Bäumen. — Birds prefer trees to nestle.

   Bäume zählen mit zu den größten natürlich organischen Lebensformen. — Trees are one of the biggest natural and organical lifeforms on the planet.

   Baum fällt! — Timber!

2. (nautical) boom
3. (colloquial) Christmas tree

   Schafft den Baum ins Wohnzimmer! — Take the christmas tree into the living room!

Declension

Hypernyms

• (tree): Pflanze

Hyponyms

• (tree): Kastanie; Eiche

Derived terms