droom

From Dutch droom, from Middle Dutch droom, from Old Dutch *drōm, from Proto-Germanic *draumaz.

droom (plural drome)

1. dream

From Dutch dromen, from Old Dutch *drōmen, from Proto-Germanic *draumijaną.

droom (present droom, present participle dromende, past participle gedroom)

1. (intransitive) to dream

• IPA^(key): /droːm/

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• Hyphenation: droom
• Rhymes: -oːm

From Middle Dutch drôom, from Old Dutch drōm, from Proto-West Germanic *draum, from Proto-Germanic *draumaz.

droom m (plural dromen, diminutive droompje n)

1. dream

   Ik had een vreemde droom vannacht.

   I had a strange dream last night.

   Hij heeft grootse dromen over zijn toekomst.

   He has big dreams about his future.

   In mijn droompje was ik een beroemde acteur.

   In my little dream, I was a famous actor.

• Afrikaans: droom
• Berbice Creole Dutch: drum
• Jersey Dutch: drôm
• Negerhollands: droom

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

droom

1. inflection of dromen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• moord

From Old Dutch drōm, from Proto-Germanic *draumaz.

drôom m

1. dream
2. something incredible, wondrous
3. falsehood

• drômen

• Dutch: droom
  • Afrikaans: droom
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: drum
  • Jersey Dutch: drôm
  • Negerhollands: droom
• Limburgish: droum

• “droom”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “droom (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I