Saum

• IPA^(key): /zaʊ̯m/
• Rhymes: -aʊ̯m

From Middle High German soum (“hem, seam”), from Old High German soum (“hem, seam”), from Proto-West Germanic *saum, from Proto-Germanic *saumaz. Cognate with Dutch zoom, English seam. Compare Old High German siuwen (“to sew”), English sew.

Saum m (strong, genitive Saumes or Saums, plural Säume)

1. hem (sewn edge of a garment or cloth)
2. (figurative) edge

• Begrenzung f, Einfassung f, Kante f, Rand m, Umrahmung f, Umrandung f

From Middle High German soum (“weight, pack animal”), from Old High German soum (“weight, pack animal”), from Vulgar Latin *sauma (“packsaddle”), from Latin sagma, from Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma).

Saum m (strong, genitive Saumes or Saums, plural Säume)

1. (dialectal, otherwise obsolete) burden of a pack animal

   Synonym: Last f

• “Saum” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Saum, Last” in Duden online
• “Saum, Rand, Kante, Bordüre” in Duden online