Boom

See also: boom and Bööm

Translingual

Proper noun

Boom

  1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Boudewijn Karel Boom (1903-1980).

Further reading

English
Boom at the river Rupel

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA(key): /boːm/

Proper noun

Boom

  1. A Belgian town and municipality in the southwest of the Flemish province of Antwerp.

Translations

Anagrams

Central Franconian

Alternative forms
  • Baum, Boum (Kölsch; Westerwald)
  • Baam (southern Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German boum.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /boːm/ (Ripuarian; western Moselle Franconian)
  • IPA(key): /bɔːm/ (eastern Moselle Franconian)

Noun

Boom m (plural Bööm or Beem or Bääm, diminutive Böömche or Beemche or Bäämche)

  1. (most dialects) tree
    Met sengem neue Kleedche mot it och op dä Boom klemme!
    But she simply had to climb on that tree in her new dress!

Usage notes
  • The inflected forms with -ö- are Ripuarian. The forms with -e- are used in Moselle Franconian dialects that pronounce /oː/ in the singular; those with -ä- are used in dialects that pronounce /ɔː/.

Dutch
Boom at the river Rupel

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [boːm]
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Proper noun

Boom ?

  1. A Belgian town and municipality in the Flemish province of Antwerp.

East Central German

Alternative forms

Noun

Boom

  1. (Upper Saxony) tree

German Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Low German bôm, from Old Saxon bōm, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz. Akin to Dutch boom, German Baum, West Frisian beam, English beam.

Noun

Boom m (plural Bööm or Böm or Bäum)

  1. tree

Hypernyms

Hyponyms
Hyponyms

Derived terms
Terms derived from Boom
  • Appelboom
  • Beerboom
  • Boomfarn
  • Boomgoorn
  • Boomoort
  • Dannenboom
  • Drakenboom, Dracaena
  • Duvenboom, Cathaya argyrophylla
  • Linnenboom
  • Loofboom
  • Mammutboom
  • Nadelboom
  • Nöötboom
  • Nuttboom
  • Olivenboom
  • Öölboom
  • Salboom

See also

References
  • Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German bôm, from Old Saxon bōm

Noun

Boom m (plural Beem)

  1. tree

Derived terms
  • Boomstaum (tree trunk, bole)
  • Boomwoll (cotton)
  • Boomworscht (banana)
  • Hoafstboom (autumn tree)
  • Bäarenboom (pear tree)
  • Kjoaschenboom (cherry tree)
  • Wiedenboom (willow)
  • Wienachtsboom (Christmas tree)

See also

Further reading

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian bām.

Noun

Boom ?

  1. tree
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