zjäng-geräng-ge bôm

Jersey Dutch

Etymology

A corruption of Dutch seringenboom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zʲɛŋ.ɡə.ˈrɛŋ.ɡə.boːm/, [zʲɛŋ.ɡə.ˈɹɛŋ.ɡə.boʊm]

Noun

zjäng-geräng-ge bôm

1. A lilac bush.

References

• J. Dyneley Prince (1910) “The Jersey Dutch dialect”, in Dialect Notes‎^[1], volume 3, The American Dialect Society, pages 459–484