Droom

See also: droom

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • Draum, Droum (Kölsch; Westerwald)
  • Draam (southern Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German *droum, northern variant of troum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʀoːm/ (Ripuarian; western Moselle Franconian)
  • IPA(key): /dʀɔːm/ (eastern Moselle Franconian)

Noun

Droom m (plural Drööm or Dreem or Drääm, diminutive Dröömche or Dreemche or Dräämche)

  1. (most dialects) dream

Usage notes

  • The inflected forms with -ö- are Ripuarian. The forms with -e- are used in Moselle Franconian dialects that pronounce /oː/ in the singular; those with -ä- are used in dialects that pronounce /ɔː/.

Derived terms

Plautdietsch

Noun

Droom m (plural Dreem)

  1. dream
  • dreeme

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian drām, from Proto-Germanic *draumaz. More at dream.

Noun

Droom m

  1. dream

Derived terms

  • Droombielde
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