bloeme

Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Dutch *bluomo, from Proto-West Germanic *blōmō.

Noun

bloeme f

  1. flower

Inflection

Weak feminine noun
singular plural
nominative bloeme bloemen
accusative bloeme bloemen
genitive bloeme, bloemen bloemen
dative bloeme, bloemen bloemen

Descendants

  • Dutch: bloem, blom, blomme (dialectal)
    • Afrikaans: bloem, blom
    • Negerhollands: bloem
      • → Virgin Islands Creole: bluminstji (dated, from a diminutive form)
    • → Sranan Tongo: blon (flour)
      • → Aukan: bolon
      • → Kari'na: polimin
      • → Saramaccan: boón
    • → Sranan Tongo: bromki (flower)
      • Aukan: boomiki
      • → Kari'na: poromiki
  • Limburgish: bloom
  • West Flemish: blomme
  • Zealandic: blomme

Further reading

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