Baam

See also: BAAM

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• Baum, Boum (Kölsch; Westerwald)
• Boom (most dialects)

Etymology

From Middle High German boum, from Old High German boum, from Proto-West Germanic *baum, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz.

Noun

Baam m

1. (southern Moselle Franconian) tree

East Central German

Alternative forms

• Boom, Baamer

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)

1. (Upper Saxon, Erzgebirgisch) tree

   (Erzgebirgisch) Dar sieht en Wald vur lautr Baam net.

   He can't see the forest for the trees.

Related terms

• Baameel
• Maibaam

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

1. (Bayreuth, Coburg, Nürnberg) tree

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• paam (Wiesemann spelling system)

Etymology

From Middle High German boum, from Old High German boum, from Proto-West Germanic *baum, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔːm/

Noun

Baam m (plural Beem, diminutive Beemche)

1. 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

• Abakattebaam

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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

Baam m (plural Beem or Baem)

1. tree

Rhine Franconian

Etymology

From Middle High German boum, from Old High German boum, from Proto-West Germanic *baum, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz.

Cognates

Akin to Dutch boom, German Baum, Low German Boom, West Frisian beam, English beam.

Noun

Baam m (plural Bääm)

1. (Palatine) tree