omroep
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Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file) - 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)
- 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
- 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
References[edit]
- ^ 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