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

Pronunciation
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  • IPA(key): /strœm/

Adjective

ström (not comparable)

  1. (usually in the neuter "strömt," often impersonal) having strong currents (of a watercourse), "currenty"
    Det blir strömt lite längre fram i älven
    There are strong currents ("It gets currenty") a little further ahead in the river
    strömt vatten
    water with strong currents ("currenty water")

Declension
Inflection of ström
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular ström — —
Neuter singular strömt — —
Plural strömma — —
Masculine plural3 strömme — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 strömme — —
All strömma — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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

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