priem

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Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /prim/
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Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch priem, from Proto-Germanic *preumaz (compare Low German Preem, German Pfriem), alteration of *preunaz, from Proto-Indo-European *brewn- (compare Lithuanian briaunà ‘edge’, Albanian brez ‘belt, girdle’).

Noun[edit]

priem m (plural priemen, diminutive priempje n)

  1. bodkin, awl
  2. punch, piercer
  3. squeezing mandrel
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Etymology 2[edit]

Adjective[edit]

priem (not comparable)

  1. (informal, slang) Apocopic form of prima (“excellent, fine”)
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