Strom
German, noun
Strom is spelled S-T-R-O-M (5 letters) and appears 50 times per million words in written German, the 1,705th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Strom is a German masculine noun meaning “a large river” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, ström is a different word: “singular imperative of strömen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “allgemein eine Menge (Informationen, Menschen, Teilchen, Wasser), die sich fließend in eine bestimmte…”.
What does Strom mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea large river
- 2
masculinestream; current
- 3
masculineelectric current; electricity
- 4
masculineelectricity (electric power)
verb
- 1
singular imperative of strömen
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of strömen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. allgemein eine Menge (Informationen, Menschen, Teilchen, Wasser), die sich fließend in eine bestimmte Richtung bewegt 2. großes, fließendes Gewässer in Form eines Flusses 3. elektrischer Strom – sich in eine bestimmte Richtung bewegende Ladungsträger 4. elektrischer Strom, im Sinne von elektrisch transportierter Energie
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Strom
- Stromes genitive
- Stroms genitive
- Ströme plural
- Strome dative singular
- Strömen dative definite plural
- Str. abbreviation
- I symbol
- i symbol
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Strom
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Strom in German?
Strom appears 50 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).