malström

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Swedish

Etymology

mala +‎ ström, from ström (“stream, streaming water”) and presumably from the verb mala (“to mill, to rotate like a mill stone, to swing around, to swirl”). Same as Old Danish malestrøm, Danish malstrøm, German Mahlstrom, English maelstrom, originally from Dutch maalstroom. Alternatively the first compound is from Saterland Frisian dwalen (“to swirl”), through Dutch waal (“vortex”).

Noun

malström c

  1. a maelstrom

Declension

Declension of malström 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative malström malströmmen malströmmar malströmmarna
Genitive malströms malströmmens malströmmars malströmmarnas

References

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