roem

From Middle Dutch roem (“boasting”), from Old Dutch *ruom, from Proto-Germanic *hrōmaz (“noise, shouting”), related also to Proto-Germanic *hrōþiz with a change to a dental consonant, of IE origin. Compare German Ruhm (“fame”) and Old English hrēmiġ (“exultant”).

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• Rhymes: -um

roem m (uncountable)

1. glory (honour and valour)

• beroemen, beroemd
• roemen
• roemrijk
• roemruchtig

• Negerhollands: roem

roem

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

• moer, more, Rome

roem

1. (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural present indicative of roer

roem

1. third-person plural present indicative of roer