Boom
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Boom
- A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Boudewijn Karel Boom (1903-1980).
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Boom
- A Belgian town and municipality in the southwest of the Flemish province of Antwerp.
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Central Franconian edit
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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)
- (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/.
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Etymology edit
The surname is from bom (“tree”).
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Boom n
- A Belgian town and municipality in the Flemish province of Antwerp.
- a surname
Related terms edit
- Bomenaar (demonym)
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Boom”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 193.
East Central German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German and Old High German boum.
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Boom
German edit
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Boom m (strong, genitive Booms, plural Booms)
- (economics) boom
- Synonym: Aufschwung
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German Low German edit
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- Bom
- (Westphalian: Münsterländisch) Baum (plural Bäume)
- (Westphalian: Paderbornisch) Baum (plural Bäme)
- (Westphalian) Baum (plural Bäime)
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)
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- 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.
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Noun edit
Boom m (plural Bööm, diminutive Böömke) (German-based spelling)
- Southeast Limburgish form of Boum
Plautdietsch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German bôm, from Old Saxon bōm.
Noun edit
Boom m (plural Beem)
- 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.
- 2003, De Bibel, Matäus (Matthew) 7:17:
Derived terms edit
- Boomstaum (tree trunk, bole)
- Boomwoll (cotton)
- Boomworscht (banana)
- Hoafstboom (autumn tree)
- Bäarenboom (pear tree)
- Kjoaschenboom (cherry tree)
- Wiedenboom (willow)
- Wienachtsboom (Christmas tree)
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Saterland Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian bām, from Proto-West Germanic *baum. Cognates include West Frisian beam and German Baum.
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Noun edit
Boom m (plural Bome)