bomen
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈboː.mə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: bo‧men
- Rhymes: -oːmən
- Homophone: Boomen
Etymology 1
From boom + -en. Doublet of beamen.
Verb
bomen
- (transitive) to close/shut with a beam
- (transitive, nautical) to pole (push a craft forward with a pole)
- (intransitive, hunting) to land on a tree (of a pheasant)
Etymology 2
From boom + -en, a shortening of the older phrase een boom opzetten (literally “to put up a tree”), of the same meaning.
Verb
bomen
- (intransitive) to chat
Conjugation
| Conjugation of bomen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bomen | |||
| past singular | boomde | |||
| past participle | geboomd | |||
| infinitive | bomen | |||
| gerund | bomen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | boom | boomde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | boomt, boom2 | boomde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | boomt | boomde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | boomt | boomde | ||
| 3rd person singular | boomt | boomde | ||
| plural | bomen | boomden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | bome | boomde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | bomen | boomden | ||
| imperative sing. | boom | |||
| imperative plur.1 | boomt | |||
| participles | bomend | geboomd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
bomen
- plural of boom