ström
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ström
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish strömber, from Old Norse straumr, from Proto-Germanic *straumaz, from Proto-Indo-European *srówmos, from *srew- (“to flow”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ström (not comparable)
- (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 edit
| 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 edit
ström c
- current, flow; the part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction
- current; a flow of electric charge
- stream; a thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air)
- stream; any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words
- (sciences) stream; umbrella term for all moving waters
- (computing) stream; a source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.
Declension edit
| Declension of ström | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | ström | strömmen | strömmar | strömmarna |
| Genitive | ströms | strömmens | strömmars | strömmarnas |
Synonyms edit
- (current in a fluid): strömning, flöde
- (electric current): elström, elektrisk ström
- (stream): flöde
- (sequentially readable data): dataström
See also edit
- moving water
References edit
- ström in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- ström in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- ström in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)