Saum

See also: saum and šaum

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaʊ̯m/
• Rhymes: -aʊ̯m

Etymology 1

From Middle High German soum (“hem, seam”), from Old High German soum (“hem, seam”), from Proto-Germanic *saumaz. Cognate with Dutch zoom, English seam. Compare Old High German siuwen (“to sew”), English sew.

Noun

Saum m (genitive Saumes or Saums, plural Säume)

1. hem (sewn edge of a garment or cloth)
2. (figurative) edge

Synonyms

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

Etymology 2

From Middle High German soum (“weight, pack animal”), from Old High German soum (“weight, pack animal”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  *sauma (“packsaddle”), from Latin sagma, from Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma).

Noun

Saum m (genitive Saumes or Saums, plural Säume)

1. (dialectal, otherwise obsolete) burden of a pack animal

Synonyms

• Last f