Baam

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Central Franconian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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Baam m

  1. (southern Moselle Franconian) tree

East Central German

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Etymology

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

Noun

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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.
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Further reading

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  • 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

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Etymology

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

Noun

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Baam

  1. (Bayreuth, Coburg, Nürnberg) tree

Hunsrik

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  • paam (Wiesemann spelling system)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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.

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Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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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

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Baam m (plural Beem or Baem)

  1. tree

Rhine Franconian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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Baam m (plural Bääm)

  1. (Palatine) tree