straumur
Icelandic
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /strœyːmʏr̥/
- Rhymes: -øyːmʏr
Noun
straumur m (genitive singular straums, nominative plural straumar)
- a stream, a current
- an electric current
- Synonym: rafstraumur
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Derived terms
- 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