ström

See also: strom, Strom, štrom, and strøm

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

ström

1. singular imperative of strömen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of strömen

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish strömber, Old Norse straumr, from Proto-Germanic *straumaz, from Proto-Indo-European *srowmos, from *srew- (“to flow”).

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• IPA^(key): /strœm/

Noun

ström c

1. current, flow; the part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction
2. current; a flow of electric charge
3. stream; a thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air)
4. stream; any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words
5. (sciences) stream; umbrella term for all moving waters
6. (computing) stream; a source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.

Declension

Declension of ström
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ström	strömmen	strömmar	strömmarna
Genitive	ströms	strömmens	strömmars	strömmarnas

Synonyms

• (current in a fluid): strömning, flöde
• (electric current): elström, elektrisk ström
• (stream): flöde
• (sequentially readable data): dataström

See also

moving water

• havsström

Further reading

• ström in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

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