tree [noun] [de boom, de bomen]

Examples:
1. "In de herfst verliezen de meeste bomen hun bladeren."
("During autumn, most trees lose their leaves.")

2. "De eikenboom was meer dan 200 jaar oud."
("The oak tree was more than 200 years old.")

3. "Heb je de kerstboom al opgezet?"
("Have you put up the Christmas tree yet?")

Expressions:
In Dutch lots of expressions exist with "boom". Here are a few:

1. "Een boom van een vent."
("A very big, tall guy", literally: "A tree of a guy".)

2. "Door de bomen het bos niet meer zien."
("Not able to see the wood for the trees.")

3. "Hoge bomen vangen veel wind."
("The bigger they are, the harder they fall", literally: "High trees catch a lot of wind".)

4. "De kat uit de boom kijken."
("Wait to see which way the wind blows / which way the cat jumps", literally: "To look the cat out of the tree".)

5. "De appel valt niet ver van de boom."
("The apple never falls far from the tree.")

6. "Je kunt de boom in!"
("(You can) get lost!", literally: "You can go up the tree!")

7. "Huisje, boompje, beestje."
("Suburban bliss" / "marital bliss in the suburbs" / (pejorative) "a boring suburban existence", literally: "Little house, little tree, little (pet)animal".)

Related Words:
1. "Blad": leaf, see also 28. Blad.
2. "Tak": branch.
3. "Twijg": twig.
4. "Wortel (van een boom)": root (of a tree).
5. "Bos": forest, bush.
6. "Woud": woods.
7. "Hout": wood (the material).
8. "Kerstboom": Christmas tree.