Zaum

See also: zaum

English

Etymology

Russian за́умь (záumʹ, literally “nonsense”)

Proper noun

Zaum

1. (literature) Linguistic experiments in sound symbolism and language creation, associated with futurist poets of the Russian Empire.

   Synonyms: beyonsense, transreason

German

Etymology

From Middle High German zoum, from Old High German zoum, from Proto-West Germanic *taum, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz.

Cognate with Dutch toom, Swedish töm, English team; hence a doublet of Team.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsaʊ̯m/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Zaum m (strong, genitive Zaums or Zaumes, plural Zäume, diminutive Zäumchen n or Zäumlein n)

1. bridle

Declension

Declension of Zaum [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Zaum	die	Zäume
genitive	eines	des	Zaums, Zaumes	der	Zäume
dative	einem	dem	Zaum, Zaume1	den	Zäumen
accusative	einen	den	Zaum	die	Zäume

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• im Zaum halten
• Zaumzeug

Further reading

• “Zaum” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡saʊ̯m/

Noun

Zaum m (plural Zeim)

1. bridle

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary