ström

See also: strom, Strom, štrom, and strøm

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

ström

1. singular imperative of strömen
2. (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”).

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• IPA^(key): /strœm/

Adjective

ström (not comparable)

1. (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
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	ström	—	—
Neuter singular	strömt	—	—
Plural	strömma	—	—
Masculine plural3	strömme	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	strömme	—	—
All	strömma	—	—
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

Noun

ström c

1. current, flow; the part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction
2. current; a flow of electric charge
3. stream; a thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air)
4. stream; any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words
5. (sciences) stream; umbrella term for all moving waters
6. (computing) stream; a source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.

Declension

Declension of ström
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ström	strömmen	strömmar	strömmarna
Genitive	ströms	strömmens	strömmars	strömmarnas

Synonyms

• (current in a fluid): strömning, flöde
• (electric current): elström, elektrisk ström
• (stream): flöde
• (sequentially readable data): dataström

See also

moving water

• havsström

References

• ström in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ström in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ström in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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