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malstrøm

See also: malström

Danish edit

Etymology edit

From an archaic spelling malestrøm,[1] from male (“to grind”) +‎ strøm (“current, stream”), probably from earlier Dutch maelstrom (modern Dutch maalstroom).[2] Compare English maelstrom, German Mahlstrom and Swedish malström.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /malstrœm/, [ˈmalˌsd̥ʁɶmˀ] or IPA(key): /maːlstrœm/, [ˈmæːlˌsd̥ʁɶmˀ]

Noun edit

malstrøm c (singular definite malstrømmen, plural indefinite malstrømme)

  1. maelstrom

Inflection edit

Declension of malstrøm
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative malstrøm malstrømmen malstrømme malstrømmene
genitive malstrøms malstrømmens malstrømmes malstrømmenes

References edit

  1. ^ Note: [from 1673] i.e. Old Modern Danish 1500–1700.
  2. ^ Malstrøm in Ordbog over det danske Sprog (1700–1950).

Norwegian Bokmål edit

 
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Malstrøm, Saltstraumen near Bodø

Etymology edit

From early modern Dutch maelstrom.

Noun edit

malstrøm m (definite singular malstrømmen, indefinite plural malstrømmer, definite plural malstrømmene)

  1. a maelstrom, vortex, whirlpool, dangerous tidal current

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