Ruimde

Ruimde is a Dutch term that primarily functions as the simple past tense form of the verb ruimen, which means to clear, empty, or remove items from a space, or to make room. It is used in ordinary narration to describe someone clearing a surface or space. Examples include Ik ruimde de kamer op (I cleared the room) and Hij ruimde gisteren de tafel af (He cleared the table yesterday).

In standard Dutch, the past participle of ruimen is geruimd, used with hebben in perfect tenses (Ik heb de kamer geruimd). When ruimen is used in its separable-prefix form opruimen, the past participle becomes opgeruimd (De kamer is opgeruimd; We hebben de kamer opgeruimd).

Ruimde is not generally used as a place name. In widely used reference works, there is no established geographic location or municipality named Ruimde. If the term appears as a toponym, it is likely to be a local, historical, or erroneous usage and should be cross-checked with reliable local sources. Most occurrences of Ruimde in text will be the verb form rather than a proper noun.

In linguistic and literary contexts, ruimen and its forms appear in everyday language as well as in historical or descriptive writing about clearing, cleaning, or making space. The verb is of Germanic origin and remains a common part of Dutch vocabulary related to tidying and organizing. See also ruimen, opruimen, afruimen.