malstrøm

See also: malström

Danish

Etymology

From an archaic spelling malestrøm, from male (“to grind”) +‎ strøm (“current, stream”), probably from earlier Dutch maelstrom (modern Dutch maalstroom). Compare English maelstrom, German Mahlstrom and Swedish malström.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /malstrœm/, [ˈmalˌsd̥ʁɶmˀ] or IPA^(key): /maːlstrœm/, [ˈmæːlˌsd̥ʁɶmˀ]

Noun

malstrøm c (singular definite malstrømmen, plural indefinite malstrømme)

1. maelstrom

Inflection

Declension of malstrøm

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	malstrøm	malstrømmen	malstrømme	malstrømmene
genitive	malstrøms	malstrømmens	malstrømmes	malstrømmenes

Norwegian Bokmål

Malstrøm, Saltstraumen near Bodø

Etymology

From early modern Dutch maelstrom.

Noun

malstrøm m (definite singular malstrømmen, indefinite plural malstrømmer, definite plural malstrømmene)

1. a maelstrom, vortex, whirlpool, dangerous tidal current

Related terms

• tidevannsstrøm

See also

• malstraum (Nynorsk)

References

• “malstrøm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “malstrøm” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).