ström

See also: strom, Strom, štrom, and strøm

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

ström

singular imperative of strömen
(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)

(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	superlative¹
common singular	ström	—	—
neuter singular	strömt	—	—
plural	strömma	—	—
masculine plural²	strömme	—	—

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	strömme	—	—
all	strömma	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Noun

ström c

current, flow; the part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction
current; a flow of electric charge
stream; a thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air)
stream; any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words
(sciences) stream; umbrella term for all moving waters
(computing) stream; a source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.

Declension

Declension of *ström*
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ström	ströms
singular	definite	strömmen	strömmens
plural	indefinite	strömmar	strömmars
plural	definite	strömmarna	strömmarnas

Synonyms

(current in a fluid): strömning, flöde
(electric current): elström, elektrisk ström
(stream): flöde
(sequentially readable data): dataström

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