ström
Swedish
/strœm/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
Etymology
Derived from Old Swedish strömber derived from Old Norse straumr (stream, tide, a current, a stream, a race, a river, current) derived from Proto-Germanic *straumaz (stream) derived from Proto-Indo-European *srowmos (river).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*srowmos
Gloss
river
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
川, 河
Emoji
🐻
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- airstream English
- astream English
- backstream English
- bestream English
- bitstream English
- bloodstream English
- clickstream English
- codestream English
- counterstream English
- destream English
- distream English
- downstream English
- feedstream English
- forestream English
- freestream English
- headstream English
- hillstream English
- instream English
- interstream English
- keystream English
- lifestream English
- livestream English
- mainstream English
- microstream English
- middlestream English
- midstream English
- millstream English
- mindstream English
- multistream English
- outstream English
- overstream English
- photostream English
- restream English
- sidestream English
- slipstream English
- stream English
- streamable English
- streambank English
- streambed English
- streamer English
- streamest English
- streameth English
- streamflow English
- streamful English
- streamgraph English
- streamie English
- streaming English
- streamless English
- streamlet English
- streamlike English
- streamline English
- streamling English
- streamribbon English
- streamscape English
- streamside English
- streamstyle English
- streamsurface English
- streamtube English
- streamwater English
- streamway English
- streamwise English
- streamwork English
- streamworks English
- streamy English
- substream English
- timestream English
- understream English
- upstream English
- webstream English
- workstream English
- rauma Finnish
- striimata Finnish
- streamen German
- maalstroom Dutch, Flemish
- stream Dutch, Flemish
- streamen Dutch, Flemish
- *srew- Proto-Indo-European
- *srowmos Proto-Indo-European
- strøm Norwegian Bokmål
- *straumaz Proto-Germanic
- and Swedish
- flod Swedish
- förande Swedish
- förstärkning Swedish
- mala Swedish
- malström Swedish
- stare Swedish
- strömand Swedish
- strömflod Swedish
- strömförande Swedish
- strömförstärkning Swedish
- strömstare Swedish
- subtröskelström Swedish
- tröskel Swedish
- växel Swedish
- växelström Swedish
- straum Norwegian Nynorsk
- strēam Old English
- streem Middle English
- straumr Old Norse
- strøm Danish
- straumur Icelandic
- stroum Old High German
- strōm Old High German
- streymur Faroese
- *strōm Old Dutch
- strom Old Saxon
- strōm Old Saxon
- strömber Old Swedish