Stroum

Luxembourgish Etymology Possibly inherited from lb gmh strōm, a merger of gmh stroum stream with unrelated gmh strām streak, respectively from lb gem-pro *straumaz and gem-pro *strēmaz. The former is cognate with nl stroom, en stream, the latter with dated nl straam wale. Alternatively lb de Strom 1 (compare de 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 lb [ʃtʀəʊ̯m] Noun m Stréim electricity, electric current lb De Stroum ass nees ausgefall. The power has gone out again. current lb géint de Stroum against the current large river