blomst

== Danish == === Etymology === Older blomster, from Old Norse blómstr m, in which -r belongs to the root, cf. also Swedish blomster. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *blōstmô, cognate with English blossom, Dutch bloesem. Related to the older "flower" word in Danish, blomme. In Danish -r was taken for a plural ending and omitted in the singular, but it is still retained in compounds (which a plural r never is) and in the derived verb blomstre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈb̥lʌmˀsd̥] === Noun === blomst c (singular definite blomsten, plural indefinite blomster) flower ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Norwegian Bokmål: blomst == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === blomster (obsolete) === Etymology === From Danish blomst (“flower”), from the older blomster (“flower”) (not to be confused with the modern indefinite plural form), from Old Norse blómstr (“flower”), from Proto-Germanic *blōmô (“flower”), from *blōaną (“to bloom, flower”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom, flower”). Cognate with Dutch bloesem, bloem, German Blume and English blossom. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /blɔmst/ === Noun === blomst m (definite singular blomsten, indefinite plural blomster, definite plural blomstene) a flower, blossom ==== Synonyms ==== blom, blomme, blomster, plante ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== blomster blomstre blomme === References === “blomst” in The Ordnett Dictionary “blomst” in The Bokmål Dictionary. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “blossom”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. search on "blomst" on Ordtak.no - web site containing quotes and citations