strom

See also: Strom, stróm, strōm, ström, štrom, and strøm

Czech

strom

Etymology

Originally “what towers above” (see also strmý, strměti). Inherited from Old Czech strom (“tree; mast”), from Proto-Slavic *stromъ, from *strьmъ, probably from Proto-Indo-European *ter-, *ster- (“hard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstrom]

• Audio:

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Noun

strom m inan (relational adjective stromový, diminutive stromek or strůmek)

1. tree

Declension

Declension of strom (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	strom	stromy
genitive	stromu	stromů
dative	stromu	stromům
accusative	strom	stromy
vocative	strome	stromy
locative	stromě, stromu	stromech
instrumental	stromem	stromy

Derived terms

• jablko nepadá daleko od stromu
• stromeček
• stromek
• stromoví
• strůmek

Descendants

• → Silesian: strōm

Further reading

• “strom”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “strom”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “strom”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Middle English

Noun

strom

1. alternative form of storm

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *straum.

Noun

strōm m

1. stream
2. river, song

Declension

strōm (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	strōm	strōmos
accusative	strōm	strōmos
genitive	strōmes	strōmō
dative	strōme	strōmum
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• Middle Low German: strōm
  • Low German: Stroom, Strom, Stråm

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stromъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstrɔm/
• Rhymes: -ɔm
• Syllabification: strom

Noun

strom m inan

1. (obsolete) steep slope, precipice

   Synonyms: stromizna, urwisko

Declension

Declension of strom

	singular	plural
nominative	strom	stromy
genitive	stromu	stromów
dative	stromowi	stromom
accusative	strom	stromy
instrumental	stromem	stromami
locative	stromie	stromach
vocative	stromie	stromy

Related terms

adjectives

• stromisty
• stromy

adverb

• stromo

noun

• stromość

verbs

• trzmić impf
• trzmielić impf
• trzymać impf

Further reading

• strom in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Etymology

Originally “what towers above” (see also strmý; from Proto-Slavic *stromъ, from *strьmъ, probably from Proto-Indo-European *ter-, *ster- (“hard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [strɔm]

• Audio (Bratislava):

  (file)

Noun

strom m inan (relational adjective stromový, diminutive stromček or stromok, augmentative stromisko)

1. tree

Declension

Declension of strom
(pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	strom	stromy
genitive	stromu	stromov
dative	stromu	stromom
accusative	strom	stromy
locative	strome	stromoch
instrumental	stromom	stromami

Further reading

• “strom”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025