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

Etymology 2

Adjective

priem (not comparable)

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