Baam
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German boum, from Old High German boum, from Proto-West Germanic *baum, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz.
Noun
Baam m
- (southern Moselle Franconian) tree
East Central German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German boum, from Old High German boum, from Proto-West Germanic *baum, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz.
Noun
Baam m (plural1 Baam, plural2 Beem, plural3 Baamer, plural4 Baim)
- (Upper Saxon, Erzgebirgisch) tree
- (Erzgebirgisch) Dar sieht en Wald vur lautr Baam net.
- He can't see the forest for the trees.
Related terms
Further reading
- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 20:
- https://www.erzgebirgisch.de/b.baam_1.wort
East Franconian
Alternative forms
- Bääm
Etymology
From Middle High German boum, from Old High German boum, from Proto-West Germanic *baum, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz.
Noun
Baam
- (Bayreuth, Coburg, Nürnberg) tree
Hunsrik
Alternative forms
- paam (Wiesemann spelling)
Etymology
From Central Franconian Boom, from Middle High German boum, from Old High German boum, from Proto-West Germanic *baum, possibly from Proto-Germanic *bagmaz.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɔːm/
- Rhymes: -ɔːm
- Syllabification: Baam
Noun
Baam m (plural Beem, diminutive Beemche)
- tree
- Die Katz is uff‘em Baam.
- The cat is on the tree.
- Sogaar die Affe falle fun Beem.
- Even monkeys fall from trees.
Derived terms
References
- ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Baam”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 17, column 2
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Middle High German boum, from Old High German boum, from Proto-West Germanic *baum, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz. Compare German Baum, Dutch boom, English beam.
Noun
Rhine Franconian
Etymology
From Middle High German boum, from Old High German boum, from Proto-West Germanic *baum, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz.
Noun
Baam m (plural Bääm)