säumen

B2

to line / hem / border

English meaning
to line / hem / border
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Getting Dressed & Laundry

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säumen in a sentence

Der Weg wird mit Blumen gesäumt.

Conjugation of säumen

ichsäume
dusäumst
er/sie/eser/sie/es säumt
wirsäumen
ihrsäumt
sie/Siesäumen
Simple past (er/sie/es)
säumte
Perfect
hat gesäumt

Word family

Words built on säumen:

Where säumen comes from

[1, 2] 15. Jahrhundert, zu Saum im Sinn von Rand :[3] mittelhochdeutsch sumen „versäumen“ zu versumen von althochdeutsch firsumen :[4] mittelhochdeutsch soumen zu soum „Saum“ im Sinn von Traglast aus mittellateinisch sauma „Packsattel“

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Questions about säumen

How do you conjugate säumen?

Present tense: ich säume, du säumst, er/sie/es säumt, wir säumen, ihr säumt, sie säumen. Simple past: säumte. Perfect: hat gesäumt.

What does säumen mean in English?

säumen means "to line / hem / border". For example: "Der Weg wird mit Blumen gesäumt."

What level is säumen in German?

säumen is a B2 word — b2 — upper-intermediate. It belongs to the getting dressed & laundry vocabulary.

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