straumur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse straumr (“a stream, a current, a race; the tide, a river”), from Proto-Germanic *straumaz, from Proto-Indo-European *srowmos, from *srew- (“to flow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strœyːmʏr̥/
• Rhymes: -øyːmʏr

Noun

straumur m (genitive singular straums, nominative plural straumar)

1. a stream, a current
2. an electric current

   Synonym: rafstraumur

Declension

Declension of straumur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	straumur	straumurinn	straumar	straumarnir
accusative	straum	strauminn	strauma	straumana
dative	straumi, straum	straumnum	straumum	straumunum
genitive	straums	straumsins	strauma	straumanna

Derived terms

• berjast með straumnum
• bitastraumur (“bit stream”)
• ferðamannastraumur (“tourist stream”)
• standa straum, standa straum af (“to bear the cost of”)
• straumdulritun (“stream cipher”)
• straumritill (“stream editor”)
• straumur af fólki