Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From boom +‎ -en.

Verb edit

bomen

  1. (transitive) to close/shut with a beam
  2. (transitive, nautical) to pole (push a craft forward with a pole)
  3. (intransitive, hunting) to land on a tree (of a pheasant)

Etymology 2 edit

From boom +‎ -en, a shortening of the older phrase een boom opzetten (literally to put up a tree), of the same meaning.

Verb edit

bomen

  1. (intransitive) to chat
Inflection edit
Inflection of bomen (weak)
infinitive bomen
past singular boomde
past participle geboomd
infinitive bomen
gerund bomen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular boom boomde
2nd person sing. (jij) boomt boomde
2nd person sing. (u) boomt boomde
2nd person sing. (gij) boomt boomde
3rd person singular boomt boomde
plural bomen boomden
subjunctive sing.1 bome boomde
subjunctive plur.1 bomen boomden
imperative sing. boom
imperative plur.1 boomt
participles bomend geboomd
1) Archaic.

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

bomen

  1. plural of boom