strøm

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See also: strom, Strom, ström, and štrom

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse straumr (“stream”), from Proto-Germanic *straumaz, cognate with English stream and German Strom. The Germanic word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow”), cf. Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō) and Sanskrit स्रवति (srávati).

Noun

strøm c (singular definite strømmen, plural indefinite strømme)

  1. (electricity) current
  2. flow, stream, spate
    Strømmen er stærkere længere opstrøms.
    The current is stronger further upstream.
  3. (of an electrical appliance, in non-technical contexts) energy
    Min telefon er løbet tør for strøm.
    My phone is out of power.
Inflection
Declension of strøm
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative strøm strømmen strømme strømmene
genitive strøms strømmens strømmes strømmenes
Synonyms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

strøm

  1. imperative of strømme

See also

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

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

Noun

strøm m (definite singular strømmen, indefinite plural strømmer, definite plural strømmene)

  1. power, electricity
  2. Strømmen gikk!
    The power went out!
  3. stream
  4. current (sea current)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

strøm

  1. imperative of strømme

See also

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

strøm m (definite singular strømmen, indefinite plural strømmar, definite plural strømmane)

  1. Alternative form of straum; (pre-2012) alternative form of straum
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