straumur
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse straumr (“a stream, a current, a race; the tide, a river”), from Proto-Germanic *straumaz, from Proto-Indo-European *srowmos, from *srew- (“to flow”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
straumur m (genitive singular straums, nominative plural straumar)
- a stream, a current
- an electric current
Declension edit
declension of straumur
m-s1 | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | straumur | straumurinn | straumar | straumarnir |
accusative | straum | strauminn | strauma | straumana |
dative | straumi / straum | straumnum | straumum | straumunum |
genitive | straums | straumsins | strauma | straumanna |
Synonyms edit
- (electric current): rafstraumur
Derived terms edit
- berjast með straumnum
- bitastraumur (“bit stream”)
- ferðamannastraumur (“tourist stream”)
- standa straum, standa straum af (“to bear the cost of”)
- straumdulritun (“stream cipher”)
- straumritill (“stream editor”)
- straumur af fólki