Bessem

Central Franconian Alternative forms gmw-cfr Bäsem Beasem western Moselle Franconian Etymology From gmw-cfr gmh bëseme, from gmw-cfr goh bësamo, from gmw-cfr gmw-pro *besmō. Pronunciation gmw-cfr /ˈbɛzəm/ western Ripuarian also /ˈbɛsəm/ Noun gmw-cfr noun m plural Besseme gmw-cfr Ripuarian eastern _ Moselle Franconian broom Low German Alternative forms nds Bessen nds Besme Besmen Bespen southern and eastern Westphalia Etymology From nds gml bessem, apocopic form of gml besme, from nds osx besmo, from nds gmw-pro *besmō. See en besom for more. Pronunciation nds /ˈbɛsəm/ Noun m Bessems nds GLG broom nds Äs ji Geld häbbt, häbb ick Bessemkes!, sä de Bessembinner, do was he vör Amsterdam ankuemen. If you have money, I have brooms!, as the broommaker said when he arrived at the gates of Amsterdam. old Westphalian Wellerism; the joke being, of course, that the rich city will be unimpressed by the arrival of a foreign broommaker, and unlikely to pay much more for a broom than any other place Derived terms nds Bessembinner Struukbessem