bloeme

Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

blume, blome, bloem, bloom, blomme, blom

Etymology

From Old Dutch *bluomo, from Proto-West Germanic *blōmō.

Noun

bloeme f

flower

Inflection

Weak masculine
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bloeme	bloemen
Accusative	bloeme	bloemen
Genitive	bloemen	bloemen
Dative	bloeme	bloemen

Descendants

Dutch: bloem, blom, blomme
- Afrikaans: bloem, blom
- Negerhollands: bloem
  - → Virgin Islands Creole: bluminstji (dated, from a diminutive form)
- → Sranan Tongo: blon (flour)
  - → Aukan: bolon
  - → Galibi Carib: polimin
  - → Saramaccan: boón
- → Sranan Tongo: bromki (flower)
  - → Aukan: boomiki
  - → Galibi Carib: polomiki
Limburgish: bloom
West Flemish: blomme
Zealandic: blomme

Further reading

“bloeme”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bloeme”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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