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German
Pronunciation
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
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
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Superlative2
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Common singular
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Neuter singular
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strömt
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Plural
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strömma
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Masculine plural3
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strömme
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Definite
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Superlative
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strömme
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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
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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.
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See also
- moving water
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