kiem

 

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• IPA^(key): /kim/

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• Hyphenation: kiem
• Rhymes: -im

From Middle Dutch kieme, kyme. Although the word is found as Old Dutch kīmo, it was probably borrowed from Middle Low German kīme, from Old Saxon kīmo because it did not undergo the regular change of -ī- to -ij- (so that *kijm would be expected). Possible influence of Latin cyma is also possible. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kīmô.

kiem f or m (plural kiemen, diminutive kiempje n)

1. (biology) seed, sprout, germ
2. (figuratively) beginning, birth
3. (pathology) germ (pathogen)
4. (mathematics) germ

• kiemen
• in de kiem smoren
• ziektekiem

• Afrikaans: kiem

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kiem

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

• Miek