bloem

Dutch

A flower with pink petals and a red bulb in the center.

Alternative forms

blom, blomme (dialectal)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /blum/
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Hyphenation: bloem
Rhymes: -um

Noun

bloem f (plural bloemen, diminutive bloempje n or bloemetje n)

flower, bloom of flowering plant
(uncountable) flour of wheat or corn

Derived terms

Descendants

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

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