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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch ommeroepen, equivalent to om + roepen.
Pronunciation
Verb
omroepen
- to make an announcement by means of a public address system, to tannoy
2022 March 20, Nynke van Verschuer, “Elke paar uur een nieuwe trein vol vluchtelingen [Every few hours a new train full of refugees]”, in NRC Handelsblad, retrieved 3 May 2022:Als een trein aankomt wordt in het Oekraïens omgeroepen waar de passagiers zich kunnen melden.- Whenever a train arrives, an announcement is made in Ukrainian as to where the passengers can register.
- to broadcast
- (chiefly historical) to make a public announcement in a loud voice, usually by a town crier
1674 June 26, “Engelandt, &c. [England, etc.]”, in Ordinaris Amſterdamſe Dingsdaegſsche Courant:Een Franſe Kaper heeft tot Jarmouth opgebracht een Vlieboot, groot 300 tonnen, met Sout geladen, komende van Liſſabon, en gaende na Teſſel: Den 15 dito liet den Kaper aldaer 't Sout door de Stadt omroepen, om te verkopen (...).- A French privateer has forced to Yarmouth a flyboat, size 300 tons, loaded with salt, coming from Lisbon and on course to Texel; on the 15th this month, the privateer had the salt announced throughout the town in order to sell it (...)."
1900 January 20, “Openbare vergadering van den Raad der gemeente Zwolle [Public session of the municipal council of Zwolle]”, in Provinciale Overijsselsche en Zwolsche courant, page 6:Te behandelen zaken: (...) Voorstel van den heer mr. Vos de Wael betreffende de invordering der retributies voor het aanplakken en omroepen van openbare aankondigingen.- Items to be discussed: (...) Proposal by Mr Vos de Wael concerning the collection of fees for the placarding and town-crying of public announcements.
Conjugation
Noun
omroepen
- plural of omroep
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