Boom

See also: boom and Bööm

Translingual

Proper noun

Boom

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

Further reading

• Author query of the International Plant Names Index

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Boom

Wikipedia

Boom at the river Rupel

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boʊm/
• Rhymes: -oʊm

Proper noun

Boom

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

Translations

a Belgian city and municipality in Antwerp

Anagrams

• MOBO, mobo, moob

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German boum.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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!

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/.

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

Boom

Wikipedia ^nl

Boom at the river Rupel

Etymology

The surname is from bom (“tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boːm/, (Southern Dutch) [boːm]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Boom
• Rhymes: -oːm

Proper noun

Boom n

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

Related terms

• Bomenaar (demonym)

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Boom”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 193.

East Central German

Alternative forms

• Baam

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German boum.

Noun

Boom

1. (Upper Saxon) tree

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English boom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buːm/

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Noun

Boom m (strong, genitive Booms, plural Booms)

1. (economics) boom

   Synonym: Aufschwung

Declension

	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

Declension of Boom [masculine, strong]

Further reading

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

German Low German

Low German Wikipedia has an article on:

Boom

Wikipedia ^nds

Alternative forms

• Bom
• (Westphalian: Münsterländisch) Baum (plural Bäume)
• (Westphalian: Paderbornisch) Baum (plural Bäme)
• (Westphalian) Baum (plural Bäime)

Etymology

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.

Noun

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Boom m (plural Bööme or Bööm or Böme)

1. tree

Hypernyms

• Plant

Hyponyms

Hyponyms

• Bark
• Böök
• Dann
• Eek
• Esch
• Föhr, Fuhr
• Kastang, Kastange, Kastanje
• Linn
• Pinie
• Palm
• Sülverlinn

Derived terms

Terms derived from Boom

• Appelboom
• Beerboom
• Boomfarn
• Boomgoorn
• Boomoort
• Dannenboom
• Drakenboom (Dracaena)
• Duvenboom (Cathaya argyrophylla)
• Linnenboom
• Loofboom
• Mammutboom
• Nadelboom
• Nöötboom
• Nuttboom
• Olivenboom
• Öölboom
• Salboom

See also

• Farn
• Struuk

References

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

Limburgish

Etymology

From Boum, with regular Ripuarian-Limburgish monophthongisation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboːm/
• Rhymes: -oːm

Noun

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

1. Southeast Limburgish form of Boum

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• buum (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring)

Etymology

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

Noun

Boom m (plural Boomer)

1. (Sylt) tree

   en hoog Boom ― a tall tree

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German bôm, from Old Saxon bōm.

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• Boomstaum (tree trunk, bole)
• Boomwoll (cotton)
• Boomworscht (banana)
• Hoafstboom (autumn tree)
• Bäarenboom (pear tree)
• Kjoaschenboom (cherry tree)
• Wiedenboom (willow)
• Wienachtsboom (Christmas tree)

See also

• Boon (bean)
• Bloom (flower)
• Holt (wood)
• Woolt (woods, forest)
• Däa (door)
• Hoff
• Hus
• Staul
• Stap
• Wota

Further reading

• Plautdietsch Lexicon of 17,000 words
• Herman Rempel's Plautdietsch Dictionary

Saterland Frisian

n Boom.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boːm/
• Hyphenation: Boom
• Rhymes: -oːm

Noun

Boom m (plural Bome)

1. tree

Derived terms

• Stomboom

 

References

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