pruim
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See also: pruïm
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[edit]Noun
[edit]pruim (plural pruime)
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch prume, from Old Dutch *prūma. A variant of *plūma, from Proto-West Germanic *plūmā, from Latin prūnum, from Ancient Greek προῦμνον (proûmnon).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pruim f or m (plural pruimen, diminutive pruimpje n)
- a plum tree, one of certain trees of the genus Prunus, especially Prunus domestica
- Synonym: pruimenboom
- a plum (fruit from a plum tree)
- Hieronymus van Alphen, "De pruimeboom".
- Jantje zag eens pruimen hangen, / o! als eieren zo groot. / 't Scheen, dat Jantje wou gaan plukken, / schoon zijn vader 't hem verbood.
- Little Jan once saw plums (or vulvas; see below) hanging / oh! so big as eggs. / it seemed that little Jan was going to pluck them / though his father forbade him that.
- John O'Mill (Johan van der Meulen), "Pruimejantje".
- Jantje zag eens pruimen hangen / Oh, als eieren zo groot; / De tuinman zag zijn bolle wangen / Sloeg de vuile gapper dood.
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- Hieronymus van Alphen, "De pruimeboom".
- a quid (piece of chewing tobacco)
- (somewhat vulgar) vulva
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- af:Fruits
- af:Tobacco
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- Rhymes:Dutch/œy̯m
- Rhymes:Dutch/œy̯m/1 syllable
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