Stroum

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Possibly inherited from Middle High German strōm, a merger of stroum (“stream”) with unrelated strām (“streak”), respectively from Proto-Germanic *straumaz and *strēmaz. The former is cognate with Dutch stroom, English stream, the latter with dated Dutch straam (“wale”). Alternatively borrowed from German Strom (compare Rheinisches Wörterbuch: “nach dem Nhd.”). If so, not a recent borrowing, however, and thus predating the use in electricity (which is at any rate influenced by German).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃtʀəʊ̯m]

Noun

Stroum m (plural Stréim)

  1. electricity, electric current
    De Stroum ass nees ausgefall.
    The power has gone out again.
  2. current
    géint de Stroum ― against the current
  3. large river
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