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Sturm
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sturm stürm šturm
English
+ (surname)
Etymology
en :bor de:Sturm + 1
Proper noun
s
en German.
Derived terms
en Sturmian Sturm-Liouville equation Sturm-Liouville form
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Sturm is the 3832nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9242 individuals. Sturm is most common among White (95.3%) individuals.
Further reading
Anagrams
en mrstu Strum strum turms
German
de:
Etymology
de gmw-pro gem-pro 2
From de gmh - and de goh sturm storm. The retention of the u vowel is irregular; it was lowered to o due to a-mutation in all other West Germanic languages and even Old Norse, despite German being the one Germanic language where a-mutation most consistently occurred, especially of u to o.
2 cog
Compare lb Stuerm, nds Storm, nl storm, en storm, da storm, is stormur.
Pronunciation
de /ʃtʊrm/ [ʃtʊʁm] [ʃtʊɐ̯m]
de De-Sturm.ogg
de De-Sturm2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m,(e)s,^e
A strong, blustery wind; gust; gale; squall
storm, tempest
de Ein Sturm kommt auf. A storm is coming.
de military storm, rush, attack
de Austria must made from white or red grapes that has begun to ferment but that has not yet turned into wine
de Federweißer Sauser Neuer Wein
Usage notes
Unlike en storm, the German word is not associated with rainfall. A de Sturm may, of course, be accompanied by rainfall, but the word as such refers only to strong winds.
Declension
m,(e)s,^e
Hyponyms
de Beifallssturm Bildersturm Donnersturm<t:thunderstorm> Eissturm Frühlingssturm Feuersturm Gefühlssturm Gewittersturm Hagelsturm<t:hailstorm> Herbststurm Laubsturm Maschinensturm Meeressturm Nachtsturm Platzsturm Proteststurm Sandsturm Schneesturm Sonnensturm Staubsturm Tropensturm Volkssturm Wintersturm Wirbelsturm Zytokinsturm
Derived terms
de stürmen sturmartig stürmisch Stürmer sturmfrei sturmfest sturmsicher im Sturm erobern
Related terms
de Sturm im Wasserglas Sturm und Drang Sturmangriff Sturmböe Sturmflut Sturmfront Sturmgewehr Sturmmeldung Sturmnacht Sturmreiter Sturmschaden Sturmschritt Sturmtief Sturmwarnung Sturmwetter Sturmwolke
Descendants
bg щурм 1
pl szturm 1
ru штурм 1
sh štȕrm 1
Further reading
de Weather