Boom

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See also: boom and Bööm

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Boom

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

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English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Boom at the river Rupel

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Boom

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

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Central Franconian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

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

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German and Old High German boum.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl
Boom at the river Rupel

Etymology[edit]

The surname is from bom (“tree”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /boːm/, (Southern Dutch) [boːm]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Boom
  • Rhymes: -oːm

Proper noun[edit]

Boom n

  2. A Belgian town and municipality in the Flemish province of Antwerp.
  3. a surname

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East Central German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German and Old High German boum.

Noun[edit]

Boom

  1. (Upper Saxon) tree

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English boom.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Boom m (strong, genitive Booms, plural Booms)

  1. (economics) boom
    Synonym: Aufschwung

Declension[edit]

Declension of Boom [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Boom die Booms
genitive eines des Booms der Booms
dative einem dem Boom den Booms
accusative einen den Boom die Booms

Further reading[edit]

  • “Boom” in Duden online
  • “Boom” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

German Low German[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

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Boom m (plural Bööme or Bööm or Böme)

  1. tree

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Hyponyms

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from Boom

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References[edit]

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

Limburgish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Boum, with regular Ripuarian-Limburgish monophthongisation.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Boom m (plural Bööm, diminutive Böömke) (German-based spelling)

  1. Southeast Limburgish form of Boum

Plautdietsch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German bôm, from Old Saxon bōm.

Noun[edit]

Boom m (plural Beem)

  1. tree
    • 2003, De Bibel, Matäus (Matthew) 7:17:
      Jrod soo drajcht een gooda Boom goode Frucht un een schlajchta Boom schlajchte Frucht.
      Likewise, a good tree bears good fruit, and a bad tree bears bad fruit.

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Saterland Frisian[edit]

n Boom.

Etymology[edit]

From Old Frisian bām, from Proto-West Germanic *baum. Cognates include West Frisian beam and German Baum.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Boom m (plural Bome)

  1. tree

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “Boom”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
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