blomme

Afrikaans

Noun

blomme

  1. plural of blom

Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Latin prunum, prunus.

Noun

blomme c (singular definite blommen, plural indefinite blommer)

  1. plum

Declension
Declension of blomme
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative blomme blommen blommer blommerne
genitive blommes blommens blommers blommernes

Etymology 2

This has seemingly never been common outside of poetry. Cognate to Swedish blomma.

Noun

blomme

  1. (obsolete, poetic) flower
    • 1863, Digte, page 30
      Jorden grønnes, / Fuglen lønnes / For sin faste Tro, / Thi alt længe / Over Enge / Den.[sic] forjætted jo / Vaarens Komme; / Blad og Blomme / Ere Vidner paa, / At dens mange / Sommersange / Snart opfyldes maae.
      The earth greens, / The bird is rewarded / For its unwavering faith, / For for a long time / Over meadows / It did, as is known, promise / The coming of spring; / Leaf and flower / Are witnesses / That its many / Summer songs / Must soon come true.
    • 1813, Werner Hans Frederich Abrahamson, Udvalgte danske Viser fra Middelalgeren, page 65
      Du est skjøn Anna Søster min, / Du ædle Rosens-Blomme!
      You are beautiful, my sister Anna, / You noble rose flower!
    • 1859, Album af nyere norske Digtere, page 122
      Hvis alt hist min Grav er aabnet, / Grav, o lov mig: af dit Skjød / fyd en ukjendt Blomme rød, / rød som Løvens Felt i Vaabnet, […]
      If my grave there is opened, / O grave, promise me: from your womb / give birth to an unknown red flower, / red as the field of the lion in the coat of arms, […]

Synonyms

References

West Flemish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bloeme, from Old Dutch *bluomo, from Proto-Germanic *blōmô.

Noun

blomme f (plural blommn)

  1. flower
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