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Droom

Droom

See also: droom

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • Draum, Droum (Kölsch; Westerwald)
  • Draam (southern Moselle Franconian)

Noun

Droom m (plural Drööm or Dreem or Drääm, diminutive Dröömche or Dreemche or Dräämche)

  1. (most dialects) dream

Usage notes

  • 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/.

Derived terms

  • drööme, dreeme, drääme

Plautdietsch

Noun

Droom m (plural Dreem)

  1. dream

Related terms

  • dreeme

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian drām, from Proto-Germanic *draumaz. More at dream.

Noun

Droom m

  1. dream

Derived terms

  • Droombielde

Related terms

  • drööme
  • Dröömer

droom

droom

See also: Droom

Afrikaans

Noun

droom (plural drome)

  1. dream

Etymology 2

From Dutch dromen, from Old Dutch *drōmen, from Proto-Germanic *draumijaną.

Verb

droom (present droom, present participle dromende, past participle gedroom)

  1. to dream

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /droːm/
  • Rhymes: -oːm

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch droom, from Old Dutch *drōm, from Proto-Germanic *draumaz.

Noun

droom m (plural dromen, diminutive droompje n)

  1. dream
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Non-lemma forms.

Verb

droom

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dromen
  2. imperative of dromen

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