droom

See also: Droom

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

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From Dutch droom, from Middle Dutch droom, from Old Dutch *drōm, from Proto-Germanic *draumaz.

Noun

droom (plural drome)

1. dream

Etymology 2

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From Dutch dromen, from Old Dutch *drōmen, from Proto-Germanic *draumijaną.

Verb

droom (present droom, present participle dromende, past participle gedroom)

1. (intransitive) to dream

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /droːm/

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• Hyphenation: droom
• Rhymes: -oːm

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage)

From Middle Dutch drôom, from Old Dutch drōm, from Proto-Germanic *draumaz.

Noun

droom m (plural dromen, diminutive droompje n)

1. dream

Derived terms

• dromenland
• droomoord
• droommoord
• koortsdroom
• moorddroom

Descendants

• Afrikaans: droom

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

droom

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of dromen
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of dromen

Anagrams

• moord

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch drōm, from Proto-Germanic *draumaz.

Noun

drôom m

1. dream
2. something incredible, wondrous
3. falsehood

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• drômen

Descendants

• Dutch: droom
• Limburgish: droum

Further reading

• “droom”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “droom (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I