Gaumen
German
Alternative forms
- Gaum (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle High German gaume, from Old High German goumo, from Proto-Germanic *gaumô, alternative form of *gōmô (whence Old High German guomo).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡaʊ̯mən/, [ˈɡaʊ̯mən], [ˈɡaʊ̯mm̩]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Gau‧men
Noun
Gaumen m (genitive Gaumens, plural Gaumen)
- palate (roof of the mouth)
- (figuratively) the sense of taste
- Synonyms: Geschmack, Geschmackssinn
- (obsolete) oral cavity
- Synonym: Mundhöhle
Declension
Further reading
- Gaumen in Duden online
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