malstrøm

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Danish

Etymology

From an archaic spelling malestrøm,[1] from male (“to grind”) +‎ strøm (“current, stream”), probably from earlier Dutch maelstrom (modern Dutch maalstroom).[2] Compare English maelstrom, German Mahlstrom and Swedish malström.

Pronunciation

Noun

malstrøm c (singular definite malstrømmen, plural indefinite malstrømme)

  1. maelstrom

Inflection

Declension of malstrøm
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative malstrøm malstrømmen malstrømme malstrømmene
genitive malstrøms malstrømmens malstrømmes malstrømmenes

References

  1. ^ Note: i.e. Old Modern Danish 1500–1700.
  2. ^ Malstrøm in Ordbog over det danske Sprog (1700–1950).

Norwegian Bokmål

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Malstrøm, Saltstraumen near Bodø

Etymology

From early modern Dutch maelstrom.

Noun

malstrøm m (definite singular malstrømmen, indefinite plural malstrømmer, definite plural malstrømmene)

  1. a maelstrom, vortex, whirlpool, dangerous tidal current

See also

References

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