Faulbaum

German

Etymology

From faul (“rotten”) +‎ Baum (“tree”), from the rotten smell of the bark.

Noun

Faulbaum m (strong, genitive Faulbaumes or Faulbaums, plural Faulbäume)

1. alder buckthorn

Declension

Declension of Faulbaum [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Faulbaum	die	Faulbäume
genitive	eines	des	Faulbaumes, Faulbaums	der	Faulbäume
dative	einem	dem	Faulbaum, Faulbaume1	den	Faulbäumen
accusative	einen	den	Faulbaum	die	Faulbäume

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Faulbaum” in Duden online