Baum

Baum

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

• Author query of the International Plant Names Index

From Middle High German boum, from Old High German boum, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz. Akin to Dutch boom, Low German Boom, West Frisian beam, English beam. Plural umlaut by proportional analogy with terms like Gast (“guest”) to Gäste (“guests”).

• IPA^(key): /baʊ̯m/

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• Rhymes: -aʊ̯m

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

1. tree

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

   Bäume zählen zu den größten Lebensformen.

   Trees are one of the biggest life forms on the planet.

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

2. (nautical) boom

• 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”.

• (tree): Pflanze

• (tree): Kastanie; Eiche

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