Noun: hommelbij
Gender: Feminine
Hyphenation:
| Sg. | hommelbij |
| Pl. | hommelbijen |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like hommelbij
motiveering,
Duitse herdershond,
urilift,
vervolmaking,
elektrische spanning,
ovenfriet,
winteravond,
weervrouw,
besteding,
bloemenveiling,
vertakking,
tintinofiel,
synaps,
olieraffinaderij,
vliegtuigkaping,
sawaslang,
verzetting,
afrondfout,
druivenoogst,
wintermaand, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Compound of hommel (“bumblebee”) + bij (“bee”).
2. Hommel is ultimately of onomatopoeic origin, probably related to English hum. Compare English bumblebee, where the first element is Middle English bombeln (“to buzz”).
Verbs referencing "hommelbij"
English Nouns
humblebee.
Translations