ruim

• IPA^(key): /rœi̯m/

From Dutch ruim, from Middle Dutch ruum, from Old Dutch rūm (in placenames), from Proto-West Germanic *rūm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmaz.

ruim (attributive ruim, comparative ruimer, superlative ruimste)

1. spacious, roomy, large
2. ample, generous

From Dutch ruim, from Middle Dutch ruum, from Old Dutch ruom, Proto-West Germanic *rūm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą.

ruim (plural ruime)

1. (nautical) A cargo hold.

• lugruim
• skeepsruim

• IPA^(key): /rœy̯m/

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• Hyphenation: ruim
• Rhymes: -œy̯m

From Middle Dutch ruum, from Old Dutch rūm (in placenames), from Proto-West Germanic *rūm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmaz.

ruim (comparative ruimer, superlative ruimst)

1. spacious, roomy

   Antonyms: eng, nauw, krap

2. large, wide
3. ample, generous

   Die portie is ruim bemeten.

   That portion is amply measured.

Declension of ruim
uninflected	ruim
inflected	ruime
comparative	ruimer
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		ruim	ruimer	het ruimst het ruimste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	ruime	ruimere	ruimste
	n. sing.	ruim	ruimer	ruimste
	plural	ruime	ruimere	ruimste
definite		ruime	ruimere	ruimste
partitive		ruims	ruimers	—

• ruimte
• afruimen
• inruimen
• opruimen

• Afrikaans: ruim
• → Papiamentu: reimu, reim

ruim

1. more than, over, easily

   Het weegt ruim een ton.

   It weighs over a ton.

From Middle Dutch ruum, from Old Dutch ruom, Proto-West Germanic *rūm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą.

ruim n (plural ruimen, diminutive ruimpje n)

1. (with definite article) the wide, open space
2. (nautical) a cargo hold

• luchtruim
• scheepsruim

• → Russian: трюм (trjum)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ruim

1. inflection of ruimen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

From ruína, or from a Vulgar Latin root *ruīnus, ultimately from Latin ruīna. Compare Galician ruín, Spanish ruin, Catalan roí, French ruine.

• Rhymes: -ĩ, -ũj̃
• Hyphenation: ru‧im

ruim m or f (plural ruins)

1. bad
2. unpleasant
3. evil

• ruimente/ruimmente
• coisa-ruim
• sangue ruim

• mau