boom

1. (masculine) tree
2. (masculine) any solid, pole-shaped, usually wooden object
3. (masculine) any solid, pole-shaped, usually wooden object
4. (masculine) any solid, pole-shaped, usually wooden object

Pronounced as (IPA)

/boːm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: bôom

Inherited from Old Dutch: bōm

Borrowed from English: boom

In summary

From Middle Dutch bôom, from Old Dutch bōm, from Proto-West Germanic *baum, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz.

Concepts

tree

🌳

boom

💥

wood

🪵

pole

timber

tree

🌳

tree

🌳

tree

🌳

tree

🌳

tree

🌳

arbor

tree

🌳

balsa

beam

lumber

Synonyms

populier

boomhars

hout

🪵

hars

noot

olie

paal

salie

struik

vrucht

wikke

zoetheid

zwarte bes

timmerhout

ruw hout

boombloem

kassavedrank

kassaveplant

banaan

🍌

sigaarwikkel

breekijzer

fakkel

Translations

Baum

🌳

arbre

🌳

árbol

🌳

árvore

🌳

drzewo

albero

🌳

arbor

🌳

δέντρο

ağaç

🌳

arbre

🌳

شجرة

🌳

δένδρο

arbre

Bäume

dar

🌳

Sentences

In de herfst vallen alle bladeren van de boom .

In autumn, all the leaves fall off the tree.

Als een appel van de boom valt kan er een nieuwe boom uitgroeien .

If an apple falls from the tree, a new tree can grow out.

Ik ga de dorre bladeren van de boom knippen .

I'm going to cut the dry leaves off the tree.