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Boom

See also: boom and Bööm

Translingual

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Boom

  1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Boudewijn Karel Boom (1903-1980).

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English

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Boom at the river Rupel

Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Boom

  1. A Belgian town and municipality in the southwest of the Flemish province of Antwerp.

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Central Franconian

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Alternative forms

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  • Baum, Boum (Kölsch; Westerwald)
  • Baam (southern Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

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    From Middle High German boum, from Old High German boum, from Proto-West Germanic *baum, possibly from Proto-Germanic *bagmaz.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /boːm/ (Ripuarian; western Moselle Franconian)
    • IPA(key): /bɔːm/ (eastern Moselle Franconian)

    Noun

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    Boom m (plural Bööm or Beem or Bääm, diminutive Böömche or Beemche or Bäämche)

    1. (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!

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    • 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/.

    Descendants

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    • Hunsrik: Baam
    • Luxembourgish: Bam
    • Transylvanian Saxon: bum

    Dutch

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    Boom at the river Rupel

    Etymology

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    The surname is from bom (“tree”).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /boːm/, (Southern Dutch) [boːm]
    • Audio:(file)
    • Hyphenation: Boom
    • Rhymes: -oːm

    Proper noun

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    Boom n

    2. a Belgian town and municipality in the Flemish province of Antwerp
    3. a surname
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    East Central German

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    From Middle High German and Old High German boum.

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    Boom

    1. (Upper Saxon) tree

    German

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English boom.

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    Noun

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    Boom m (strong, genitive Booms, plural Booms)

    1. (economics) boom
      Synonym: Aufschwung

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    Declension of Boom [masculine, strong]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein der Boom die Booms
    genitive eines des Booms der Booms
    dative einem dem Boom den Booms
    accusative einen den Boom die Booms

    Further reading

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    • “Boom” in Duden online
    • “Boom” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

    German Low German

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    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)

    1. tree

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    Terms derived from Boom

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    References

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    • Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)

    Limburgish

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    Etymology

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    From Boum, with regular Ripuarian-Limburgish monophthongisation.

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    Boom m (plural Bööm, diminutive Böömke) (German-based spelling)

    1. Southeast Limburgish form of Boum

    North Frisian

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    From Old Frisian bām. Cognates include West Frisian beam, Dutch boom and German Baum.

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    Boom m (plural Boomer)

    1. (Sylt) tree
      en hoog Boom ― a tall tree

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    Etymology

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    From Middle Low German bôm, from Old Saxon bōm.

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    Boom m (plural Beem)

    1. 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.

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    Saterland Frisian

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    n Boom.

    Etymology

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    From Old Frisian bām, from Proto-West Germanic *baum. Cognates include West Frisian beam and German Baum.

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    Boom m (plural Bome)

    1. tree

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    References

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    • Marron C. Fort (2015) “Boom”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
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