omroep

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Dutch[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

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  • Hyphenation: om‧roep

Etymology 1[edit]

Back-formation from omroeper (town crier), coined by Dutch radio pioneer Jan Corver in 1922.[1] Equivalent to om (around) +‎ roep (call). Compare Middle Dutch ommeroep (public proclamation or announcement).

Noun[edit]

omroep m (plural omroepen, diminutive omroepje n)

  1. broadcaster, an organisation providing radio and/or television broadcasts
    • 1958, Wim Kan (lyrics and music), “Goeie ouwe radio”, in Oudejaarsavond 1958:
      Goeie ouwe radio / je vergooide je nooit aan het commerciële / Je deelde slechts drie maal per uitzending mee / waar je kaarten kon krijgen voor de omroeptournee / en in welke plaats je kwam spelen
      Good old radio / you never indulged in anything commercial / You'd announce only three times each broadcast / where one could get tickets for the broadcasting association's promotional tour / and what town you'd come to perform in
  2. broadcasting, the technical business of transmitting audiovisual content via radio or television
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

omroep

  1. first-person singular dependent-clause present indicative of omroepen

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ewoud Sanders (2010) “Het gebeurde in... juli 1922. Geboorte van het woord omroep [It happened in... July 1922. The birth of the word omroep]”, in Onze Taal[1], number 7/8, Den Haag: Genootschap Onze Taal, →ISSN, page 208

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