priem

See also: Priem

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /prim/
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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch priem, from Proto-Germanic *preumaz (compare Low German Preem, German Pfriem), alteration of *preunaz, from Proto-Indo-European *brewn- (compare Lithuanian briaunà ‘edge’, Albanian brez ‘belt, girdle’).

Noun

priem m (plural priemen, diminutive priempje n)

  1. bodkin, awl
  2. punch, piercer
  3. squeezing mandrel
Synonyms
  • els (awl)
  • rijgpen (bodkin)
Derived terms
  • priemen

Adjective

priem (not comparable)

  1. (informal, slang) Apocopic form of prima (“excellent, fine”)
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