beam

Meaning

1. (common-gender) tree
2. (common-gender) beam

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɪə̯m/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Frisian: bām

Cognate with Dutch: boom

Cognate with English: beam

Cognate with German: Baum

In summary

From Old Frisian bām, from Proto-West Germanic *baum.
Cognate with Dutch boom, English beam, German Baum.

Sentences

De beam fan inkelde tsientallen meters heech is folslein omwaaid.

The tree, several tens of meters high, was completely blown over.

Heit hat dy beam plante doe't er noch in lytse jonge wie.

Father planted that tree when he was still a little boy.