strøm

See also: strom, Strom, ström, and štrom

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /strœm/, [sd̥ʁɶmˀ]

Etymology 1

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

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
Synonyms

Etymology 2

See strømme (“to flow, pour, stream”).

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. stream
  3. current (sea current)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

strøm

  1. imperative of strømme

See also

References

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