- "By the time the tree is big, the
planter surely will be dead." (Dutch:
Boompje groot,
plantertje dood).
These sayings refer to the
relatively slow growth...
-
became famous by
singing the
intro to the
children TV
program ****sje,
Boompje,
Beestje in 2009. and in 2012, she
appeared as a
member of the jury of...
-
Onder de
Boompjes was a
restaurant located in
Hattem Castle in Roermond, in the Netherlands. It was a fine
dining restaurant that was
awarded one Michelin...
- neef →
neefje (male cousin, nephew) -pje for
ending in -m: boom (tree) →
boompje -kje for
ending in -ing if the
preceding syllable carries the stress: koning...
-
agents operating from Rotterdam. MI6 had its main
European office on de
Boompjes. From
there the
British coordinated espionage in
Germany and
occupied Belgium...
-
schaap →
schaapje (sheep) -pje for
words ending in -m: boom (tree) →
boompje (but
bloemetje if the
meaning is
bouquet of flowers; see below) -kje for...
- Fockink. Well-known
Schiedam jenever distilleries include Nolet,
Onder De
Boompjes,
Herman Jansen, and De Kuyper. (Jenever can
appear under the English-language...
- + 100 m Y-Towers: Amsterdam, 114 m + 106 m CasaNova: Rotterdam, 110 m
Boompjes 60-68: Rotterdam, 110 m
Toren Niko: Eindhoven, 109 m SPOT: Amsterdam, 108...
- and
bombing missions using "nap of the earth" (HuBoBe)(short for ****sje-
boompje-beestje,
literally translated into house-tree-animal,
referring to the...
-
Bombay Hook
received its
final name from the
corruption of the
Dutch Boompjes or
Boompjes Hoeck meaning "little-tree point." In 1679, Mechacksett,
chief of...
