stroom

See also: Stroom and Strööm

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stroːm/

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• Hyphenation: stroom
• Rhymes: -oːm

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch strôom, from Old Dutch *strōm, from Proto-West Germanic *straum, from Proto-Germanic *straumaz, from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow”). Cognate with stream.

Noun

stroom m (plural stromen, diminutive stroompje n)

1. a flow, current or flush, as of moving water or other liquid
2. a major river, especially one leading to the sea or ocean

   Antwerpen, stad aan de stroom — Antwerp, city on the river Scheldt

3. a smaller stream

   Synonym: beek

4. an electrical current
5. (by extension, used absolutely) electricity

   Synonym: elektriciteit

Derived terms

stream

• benedenstroom
• bloedstroom
• bovenstroom
• geldstroom
• luchtstroom
• maalstroom
• Maasstroom
• modderstroom
• muistroom
• straalstroom
• Stromenbuurt
• Stromenwaard
• Stromenwijk
• stroomafwaarts
• stroombed
• stroombedding
• stroombekken
• Stroomesch
• stroomgebeid
• stroomlijn
• stroomlijnen
• stroomopwaarts
• stroomregime
• stroomsnelheid
• stroomversnelling
• stroomweg
• Tweestromenland
• Zandstroom

electric current

• gelijkstroom
• groene stroom
• krachtstroom
• netstroom
• onder stroom
• stroombotje
• stroombron
• stroomdraad
• stroomkabel
• stroommeter
• stroomopwekker
• stroomopwekking
• stroomrekening
• stroomsterkte
• stroomstoring
• stroomtrein
• stroomverdeler
• wisselstroom
• zwakstroom

Descendants

• Berbice Creole Dutch: strom
• Negerhollands: stroom, strom
• → Aukan: sitolomu
• → Caribbean Javanese: setrum
• → Indonesian: setrum
• → Indonesian: arus (semantic loan)
• → Papiamentu: strom, stroom
• → Sranan Tongo: strowm

See also

• spanning

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

stroom

1. inflection of stromen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• smoort

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *strōm, from Proto-West Germanic *straum.

Noun

strôom m or n

1. A stream.

Inflection

Strong masculine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	strôom	strôme
accusative	strôom	strôme
genitive	strôoms	strôme
dative	strôme	strômen

Strong neuter noun

	singular	plural
nominative	strôom	strôom, strôme
accusative	strôom	strôom, strôme
genitive	strôoms	strôme
dative	strôme	strômen

Derived terms

• strômen

Descendants

• Dutch: stroom
  • Afrikaans: stroom
• Limburgish: stroum

Further reading

• “stroom”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “stroom”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN