bäumen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German boumen. Equivalent to Baum (“a tree”) +‎ -en referring to the way trees grow up high.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbɔɪ̯mən]
  • Hyphenation: bäu‧men
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Verb

bäumen (weak, third-person singular present bäumt, past tense bäumte, past participle gebäumt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive) to rear up
    Das Pferd bäumte sich unter seiner Reiterin.
    The horse reared under its (female) rider.
  2. (reflexive, dated) to rebel [+ gegen (object) = against]
    Synonyms: sich sträuben, sich auflehnen
    Sie bäumten sich vergebens gegen ihr Schicksal.
    They struggled against their fate in vain.

Conjugation

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Derived terms
  • aufbäumen

Further reading
  • “bäumen” in Duden online
  • “bäumen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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