stroom

• IPA^(key): /stroːm/

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• Rhymes: -oːm

From Middle Dutch strôom, from Old Dutch *strōm, from Proto-Germanic *straumaz, from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow”).

stroom m (plural stromen, diminutive stroompje n)

1. stream

   Synonym: beek

2. current
3. electrical current
4. electricity

   Synonym: elektriciteit

5. large river, especially one leading to the sea or ocean

   Antwerpen, stad aan de stroom — Antwerp, city on the river Scheldt

• spanning

See the etymology of the main entry.

stroom

1. first-person singular present indicative of stromen
2. imperative of stromen

• smoort

From Old Dutch *strōm, from Proto-Germanic *straumaz, from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow”).

strôom m or n

1. stream

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• strômen

• Dutch: stroom
• Limburgish: stroum

• “stroom”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “stroom”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929