strøm

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

Declension of strøm

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	strøm	strømmen	strømme	strømmene
genitive	strøms	strømmens	strømmes	strømmenes

Synonyms

• el (electricity)
• elektricitet (electricity)

Etymology 2

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

Verb

strøm

1. imperative of strømme

See also

• strøm on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

References

• “strøm” in Den Danske Ordbog

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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

• blodstrøm
• Golfstrømmen
• havstrøm
• jetstrøm
• lavastrøm
• likestrøm
• luftstrøm
• nedstrøms
• oppstrøms
• strømavtaker
• strømbrudd
• strømforbruk
• strømmåler
• strømning
• strømstyrke
• strømtilførsel
• tidevannsstrøm
• vekselstrøm

 

Related terms

• strømme (verb)

Verb

strøm

1. imperative of strømme

See also

• straum (Nynorsk)

References

• “strøm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.