dromen
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdroːmə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: dro‧men
- Rhymes: -oːmən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch drômen, from Old Dutch *drōmen, from Proto-West Germanic *draumijan, from Proto-Germanic *draumijaną.
Verb
dromen
- (intransitive) to dream
Conjugation
| Conjugation of dromen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | dromen | |||
| past singular | droomde | |||
| past participle | gedroomd | |||
| infinitive | dromen | |||
| gerund | dromen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | droom | droomde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | droomt, droom2 | droomde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | droomt | droomde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | droomt | droomde | ||
| 3rd person singular | droomt | droomde | ||
| plural | dromen | droomden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | drome | droomde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | dromen | droomden | ||
| imperative sing. | droom | |||
| imperative plur.1 | droomt | |||
| participles | dromend | gedroomd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
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Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
dromen
- plural of droom
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: drumi
Anagrams
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *drōmen, from Proto-West Germanic *draumijan.
Verb
drômen
- to dream
Inflection
| infinitive | base form | drômen | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| genitive | drômens | ||||||
| dative | drômene | ||||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||||
| present | past | present | past | ||||
| 1st person singular | drôme | — | drôme | — | |||
| 2nd person singular | drôoms, drômes | — | drôoms, drômes | — | |||
| 3rd person singular | drôomt, drômet | — | drôme | — | |||
| 1st person plural | drômen | — | drômen | — | |||
| 2nd person plural | drôomt, drômet | — | drôomt, drômet | — | |||
| 3rd person plural | drômen | — | drômen | — | |||
| imperative | |||||||
| singular | drôom, drôme | ||||||
| plural | drôomt, drômet | ||||||
| present | past | ||||||
| participle | drômende | — | |||||
Descendants
- Dutch: dromen
- Limburgish: droume, dröjme
Further reading
- “dromen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “dromen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I