Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Onomatopoeic, perhaps borrowed from German summen.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈzu.mə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: zoe‧men
  • Rhymes: -umən

Verb edit

zoemen

  1. (intransitive) to buzz

Inflection edit

Inflection of zoemen (weak)
infinitive zoemen
past singular zoemde
past participle gezoemd
infinitive zoemen
gerund zoemen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular zoem zoemde
2nd person sing. (jij) zoemt zoemde
2nd person sing. (u) zoemt zoemde
2nd person sing. (gij) zoemt zoemde
3rd person singular zoemt zoemde
plural zoemen zoemden
subjunctive sing.1 zoeme zoemde
subjunctive plur.1 zoemen zoemden
imperative sing. zoem
imperative plur.1 zoemt
participles zoemend gezoemd
1) Archaic.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Caribbean Javanese: ngesum