stroom

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See also: Stroom and Strööm

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /stroːm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: stroom
  • Rhymes: -oːm

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch strôom, from Old Dutch *strōm, from Proto-West Germanic *straum, from Proto-Germanic *straumaz, from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow”).

Noun

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stroom m (plural stromen, diminutive stroompje n)

  1. A flow, current or flush, as of moving water or other liquid.
  2. A major river, especially one leading to the sea or ocean.
    Antwerpen, stad aan de stroom — Antwerp, city on the river Scheldt
  3. A smaller stream.
    Synonym: beek
  4. An electrical current.
  5. (by extension, used absolutely) Electricity.
    Synonym: elektriciteit
Derived terms
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Derived terms
electric current
Descendants
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  • Berbice Creole Dutch: strom
  • Negerhollands: stroom, strom
  • → Aukan: sitolomu
  • → Caribbean Javanese: setrum
  • → Indonesian: setrum
  • → Papiamentu: strom, stroom
  • → Indonesian: arus (semantic loan)
See also
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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stroom

  1. inflection of stromen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch *strōm, from Proto-West Germanic *straum.

Noun

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strôom m or n

  1. A stream.

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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