bloeien
Meaning
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- (intransitive) to blossom, to bear flowers
- (intransitive) to grow, develop
- (intransitive) to flourish, prosper
- (intransitive,uncommon) to produce a swelling or secretion
- (intransitive,obsolete) to blush, to redden in the face
- (archaic,intransitive) to flourish, to be in one's period of maximum activity or influence
Frequency
Hyphenated as
bloei鈥n
Pronounced as (IPA)
/藞blui摊蓹(n)/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bloeyen, from Old Dutch bluoien, from Proto-West Germanic *bl艒an, from Proto-Germanic *bl艒an膮.
馃└
New
bloed
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- (neuter,uncountable) blood
- (figuratively,neuter,uncountable) a grave consequence, a high price
- (metonymically,neuter,uncountable) a whole body; especially (plural also (archaic) bloeien in this sense) a (poor) person
馃尲
New
bloei
-
blossom
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