Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• Draum, Droum (Kölsch; Westerwald)
• Draam (southern Moselle Franconian)

Noun

Droom m ‎(plural Drööm or Dreem or Drääm, diminutive Dröömche or Dreemche or Dräämche)

1. (most dialects) dream

Usage notes

• The inflected forms with -ö- are Ripuarian. The forms with -e- are used in Moselle Franconian dialects that pronounce /oː/ in the singular; those with -ä- are used in dialects that pronounce /ɔː/.

Derived terms

• drööme, dreeme, drääme

Plautdietsch

Noun

Droom m ‎(plural Dreem)

1. dream

Related terms

• dreeme

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian drām, from Proto-Germanic *draumaz. More at dream.

Noun

Droom m

1. dream

Derived terms

• Droombielde

Related terms

• drööme
• Dröömer

Afrikaans

Noun

droom ‎(plural drome)

1. dream

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

1. to dream

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /droːm/
• Rhymes: -oːm

Etymology 1

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

Noun

droom m ‎(plural dromen, diminutive droompje n)

1. dream

Derived terms

• droomoord

Descendants

• Afrikaans: droom

Etymology 2

Non-lemma forms.

Verb

droom

1. first-person singular present indicative of dromen
2. imperative of dromen

Anagrams

• moord