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 currentTemplate:jump

Declension

declension of straumur

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	straumur	straumurinn	straumar	straumarnir
accusative	straum	strauminn	strauma	straumana
dative	straumi	strauminum	straumum	straumunum
genitive	straums	straumsins	strauma	straumanna

Synonyms

• Template:jump rafstraumur

Derived terms

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