struum

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• Stroom (Sylt)

Etymology

From Old Frisian strām, from Proto-West Germanic *straum. Cognates include West Frisian stream.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [struːm]

Noun

struum m (plural struumer) (Föhr-Amrum)

1. river
2. current, stream (force of moving water)
3. electric current, electricity

   a struum ufdrei ― to turn off the electricity