omroep

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• Hyphenation: om‧roep

Back-formation from omroeper (“town crier”), coined by Dutch radio pioneer Jan Corver in 1922.[1] Equivalent to om (“around”) +‎ roep (“call”). Compare Middle Dutch ommeroep (“public proclamation or announcement”).

omroep m (plural omroepen, diminutive omroepje n)

1. broadcaster, an organisation providing radio and/or television broadcasts
   • 1958, Wim Kan (lyrics and music), “Goeie ouwe radio”, in Oudejaarsavond 1958:

     Goeie ouwe radio / je vergooide je nooit aan het commerciële / Je deelde slechts drie maal per uitzending mee / waar je kaarten kon krijgen voor de omroeptournee / en in welke plaats je kwam spelen

     Good old radio / you never indulged in anything commercial / You'd announce only three times each broadcast / where one could get tickets for the broadcasting association's promotional tour / and what town you'd come to perform in

2. broadcasting, the technical business of transmitting audiovisual content via radio or television

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

omroep

1. first-person singular dependent-clause present indicative of omroepen

• roep om