Nomen

die Bäume

trees

Im Wald stehen viele Bäume.

There are many trees in the forest.

Die Vögel singen in den Bäumen.

The birds are singing in the trees.

Die Blätter der Bäume sind grün.

The leaves of the trees are green.

((Nomen)) as subject/object. Die Bäume sind hoch. (The trees are tall.)

in ((den Bäumen)) in the trees. Die Affen klettern in den Bäumen. (The monkeys climb in the trees.)

Synonyms: Gehölz (grove); Antonyms: Strauch (bush).

From Old High German 'boum', cognate with the English word 'beam', which originally meant 'tree'.

Think of a tree as a large 'beam' of wood reaching for the sky. 'Baum' sounds like 'balm', like the soothing shade of a tree.

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