Droom

See also: droom

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Middle High German drōm, 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

• drööme, dreeme, drääme

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German drôm, from Old Saxon drōm, from Proto-West Germanic *draum, from Proto-Germanic *draumaz. Cognate with English dream, North Frisian drom, German Traum.

Noun

Droom m (plural Dreem)

1. dream

Related terms

• dreeme

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian drām, from Proto-West Germanic *draum. Cognates include West Frisian dream, English dream, and German Traum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /droːm/
• Hyphenation: Droom
• Rhymes: -oːm

Noun

Droom m (plural Drome)

1. dream
   • 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:20:

     Wilst hie noch deeruur ättertoachte, ferskeen him n Ängel fon dän Here in n Droom un kwaad: Josef, Súun fon David, freze die nit, Maria as dien Wieuw bie die aptouníemen;

     While he was still thinking about it, came to him an angel from the Lord in a dream and said: Joseph, son of David, don't be afraid to take Maria as your wife;

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “Droom”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN