Sturm

See also: sturm, stürm, and šturm

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Sturm.

Proper noun

Sturm (plural Sturms)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sturm is the 3832^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9242 individuals. Sturm is most common among White (95.3%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sturm”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Strum, strum, turms

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German sturm (“storm”). The retention of the u vowel is irregular; it was lowered to o due to a-mutation in all other West Germanic languages and even Old Norse, despite German being the one Germanic language where a-mutation most consistently occurred, especially of u to o.

Cognates

Compare Luxembourgish Stuerm, Low German Storm, Dutch storm, English storm, Danish storm, Icelandic stormur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtʊrm/, [ʃtʊʁm], [ʃtʊɐ̯m]

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Noun

Sturm m (strong, genitive Sturmes or Sturms, plural Stürme)

1. A strong, blustery wind; gust; gale; squall
2. storm, tempest
3. (military) storm, rush, attack
4. (Austria) must made from white or red grapes that has begun to ferment but that has not yet turned into wine

   Synonyms: Federweißer, Sauser, Neuer Wein

Usage notes

• Unlike English storm, the German word is not associated with rainfall. A Sturm may, of course, be accompanied by rainfall, but the word as such refers only to strong winds.

Declension

Declension of Sturm [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Sturm	die	Stürme
genitive	eines	des	Sturmes, Sturms	der	Stürme
dative	einem	dem	Sturm, Sturme1	den	Stürmen
accusative	einen	den	Sturm	die	Stürme

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• stürmen
• sturmartig
• stürmisch
• Stürmer
• im Sturm erobern

Related terms

• Beifallssturm
• Bildersturm
• Donnersturm (“thunderstorm”)
• Eissturm
• Feuersturm
• Frühlingssturm
• Gefühlssturm
• Gewittersturm
• Hagelsturm (“hailstorm”)
• Herbststurm
• Laubsturm
• Maschinensturm
• Meeressturm
• Nachtsturm
• Proteststurm
• Sandsturm
• Schneesturm
• Sonnensturm
• Staubsturm
• Sturm im Wasserglas
• Sturm und Drang
• Sturmangriff
• Sturmböe
• Sturmflut
• Sturmfront
• Sturmgewehr
• Sturmmeldung
• Sturmnacht
• Sturmreiter
• Sturmschaden
• Sturmschritt
• Sturmtief
• Sturmwarnung
• Sturmwetter
• Sturmwolke
• Tropensturm
• Volkssturm
• Wintersturm
• Wirbelsturm

 

Descendants

• Polish: szturm
• Russian: штурм (šturm)
• Serbo-Croatian: štȕrm

Further reading

• “Sturm” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Sturm” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon