German

Verb

ström

1. Imperative singular of strömen.
2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of strömen.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish strömber, Old Norse straumr, from Proto-Germanic *straumaz, from Proto-Indo-European *srowmos, from *srew- ‎(“to flow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strœm/

Noun

ström c

1. current, flow; the part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction
2. current; a flow of electric charge
3. stream; a thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air)
4. stream; any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words
5. (sciences) stream; umbrella term for all moving waters
6. (computing) stream; a source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.

Declension

Synonyms

• (current in a fluid): strömning, flöde
• (electric current): elström, elektrisk ström
• (stream): flöde
• (sequentially readable data): dataström

See also

moving water

• havsström