kiem

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See also: kiếm and kiềm

Dutch

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kim/
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  • Hyphenation: kiem
  • Rhymes: -im

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

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
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: kiem

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kiem

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

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