Stroum

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Possibly inherited from Middle High German strōm, a merger of stroum (“stream”) with unrelated strām (“streak”), respectively from Proto-Germanic *straumaz and *strēmaz. The former is cognate with Dutch stroom, English stream, the latter with dated Dutch straam (“wale”). Alternatively borrowed from German Strom (compare Rheinisches Wörterbuch: “nach dem Nhd.”). If so, not a recent borrowing, however, and thus predating the use in electricity (which is at any rate influenced by German).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃtʀəʊ̯m]

Noun

Stroum m (plural Stréim)

1. electricity, electric current

   De Stroum ass nees ausgefall.

   The power has gone out again.

2. current

   géint de Stroum ― against the current

3. large river