ruime

Ruime is a Dutch adjective meaning spacious or ample. It is used to describe physical space, capacity, or figurative abundance, and is the common attributive form before nouns in certain grammatical contexts. The base form of the adjective is ruim, and ruime is the inflected form used with feminine singular nouns, plural nouns, or after definite articles and possessives (for example: de ruime kamer, een ruime tuin, de ruime meerderheid).

Grammatical notes and usage patterns are straightforward in contemporary Dutch. Ruime can modify both concrete spaces and abstract concepts. Examples include ruime kamers (spacious rooms), ruime gangen (wide corridors), ruime mogelijkheden (ample opportunities), and een ruime begroting (a large budget). The related adverbial and derived forms include ruimhartig, meaning generous or liberal, which shares the same root.

Etymology and related forms: ru ime derives from the older Dutch ruim, which is related to the English word roomy and the German geräumig. The noun ruimte, meaning space or room, is closely connected and often appears in phrases that describe capacity or openness.

Usage notes: Ruime is a descriptive term used in architecture, real estate, planning, journalism, and everyday language to convey adequacy of space or abundance of resources. In comparative or superlative constructions, Dutch may form phrases such as “ruimer” for more spacious or “ruimste” for the most spacious, depending on context and standard grammar rules.

See also: ruimte (space), ruim (base adjective), ruimhartig (generous). There is no widely recognized separate entity or place commonly known by the name Ruime, so the term is primarily treated as an adjective in standard reference usage.