stroom

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) a flow, current or flush, as of moving water or other liquid
2. (masculine) a major river, especially one leading to the sea or ocean
3. (masculine) a smaller stream
4. (masculine) an electrical current
5. (broadly, masculine) electricity

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of stromen:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of stromen:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of stromen:

stromen

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Concepts

stream

river

current

torrent

flow

power

electricity

volley

brook

race

electric current

pour

drift

flush

flux

gush

shower

🚿

spate

spurt

surface water

tide

whelm

mountain stream

Niagara

underbridge

anabranch

onflow

overbridge

lecky

leccy

burn

course

creek

draught

electrical energy

electrical power

electric power

flood

fluent

imponderable

inundation

jet

outpour

rapids

run

Synonyms

rivier

elektriciteit

stroming

vloed

bergstroom

beek

loop

straal

spanning

toevoer

voeding

🍽️

stroomsterkte

toevloed

stortvloed

beekje

sloot

elektrische stroom

geut

kreek

Translations

Strom

corrente

🏃

courant

corriente

río

Fluss

rio

riu

corrente

rivière

fleuve

fiume

flumen

fluvius

Pronounced as (IPA)

/stroːm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: strôom

Inherited from Old Dutch: *strōm

In summary

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

Sentences

Er loopt pas stroom als het circuit volledig gesloten is .

There is only power when the circuit is completely closed.

De stroom is uitgevallen nadat de zekering is gesprongen .

The power has failed after the fuse has blown.