Saum
German, noun/zaʊ̯m/
Saum is spelled S-A-U-M (4 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written German, the 24,295th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Saum is a German masculine noun meaning “hem (sewn edge of a garment or cloth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Einfassung eines Stoffstücks”.
What does Saum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehem (sewn edge of a garment or cloth)
- 2
masculineedge
noun
- 1
masculineburden of a pack animal
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Einfassung eines Stoffstücks 2. Rand eines Geländes oder einer Wasserfläche
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Saum
- Saumes genitive
- Saums genitive
- Säume plural
- Saume dative singular
- Säumen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Saum?
- /zaʊ̯m/
- [zaʊ̯m]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Saum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Saum in German?
Saum appears 2.0 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).