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

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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).