2007-04-30 19:10:48 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
My question arises from the "Hyman Kaplan" series by Leo Rosten. In one of those books, Kaplan uses the word "bloomers" when he meant to say "flowers." His teacher notices that it is merely a sloppy translation, and "blumen" means "flowers" in his native language. In another part of the book, however, Kaplan mentions that his brother lives in Poland. So I was thinking that "blumen" is Polish? Is that correct?
2007-05-01 14:51:35 · update #1
German
Die Blume, f singular
Die Blumen, plural
2007-04-30 19:18:44 · answer #1 · answered by QQ dri lu 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No,"blumen" is not in Polish but in Yiddish--a language spoken by the Jews in Poland.
OR in
Yinglish
"Yinglish words are neologisms created by speakers of Yiddish in English-speaking countries, sometimes to describe things that were uncommon in the old country. This is the meaning of the term used by Leo Rosten in The Joys of Yiddish."
In German and in Yiddish "blumen" has the same meaning, so the above answers are correct also.
2007-05-08 05:26:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blumen is German for flowers ( plural ) Bloomers are big ladies underpants ( slightly less flowery )
2007-05-07 06:25:48 · answer #3 · answered by Hsing Huei 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Uhm does this mean you asked out a sheep? =| wow. Uhm I do think Baaa means no, I'm sorry, I'm sure you'll find a better sheep someday. LOL.
2016-05-17 22:20:29 · answer #4 · answered by alysha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's German. It's technically "die Blumen" because German is a language that uses gender for nouns.
2007-04-30 19:14:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
German.
Flower in other languages:
Arabic: زَهْرَه
Chinese (Simplified): 花
Chinese (Traditional): 花
Czech: květ, květina
Danish: blomst
Dutch: bloem
Estonian: õis, lill
Finnish: kukka
French: fleur
German: die Blume, die Blüte
Greek: λουλούδι
Hungarian: virág
Icelandic: blóm
Indonesian: bunga
Italian: fiore
Japanese: 花
Korean: 꽃
Latvian: puķe; zieds
Lithuanian: gėlė
Norwegian: blomst, blomstring
Polish: kwiat
Portuguese (Brazil): flor
Portuguese (Portugal): flor
Romanian: floare
Russian: цветок
Slovak: kvet
Slovenian: cvet(lica)
Spanish: flor
Swedish: blomma
Turkish: çiçek
2007-04-30 20:46:07 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
German
Sandy
2007-04-30 19:13:21 · answer #7 · answered by Sandy M 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
German. Kinda makes sense huh (since they bloom)?
2007-04-30 19:14:55 · answer #8 · answered by ajj085 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
German, but you have to capitalize it; all nouns are capitalized in German.
2007-04-30 21:36:27 · answer #9 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
That would be German
2007-04-30 20:28:17 · answer #10 · answered by Sauerkraut 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋