beemd

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch beemt, bempt (13th century). Cognate with Limburgish baandj, Ripuarian Bänd (both roughly “hayfield, wet meadow, floodplain”). Thought to be derived from an underlying Middle Dutch *banmade (“communal hayfield”), from ban (“jurisdiction”) + made (“meadow”), respectively from Proto-Germanic *bannaz and *mēdwō. The uncontracted form is possibly attested in the medieval placename Langobanomothe (also Langbanemente, Langebamet) near Xanten. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beːmt/ Hyphenation: beemd Rhymes: -eːmt === Noun === beemd m (plural beemden, diminutive beemdje n) low-lying pasture or meadow near water, e.g. a floodplain or a grassy polder Synonym: meers Hypernyms: grasland, laagland, weiland 1974, Thijs van Leer & Jan Akkerman, "Hamburger Concerto", Focus, Hamburger Concerto, quoting Vondel, "O, Kerstnacht schoner dan de dagen". ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === beemd on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl