# urstromtal

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈʊəstɹəʊmˌtɑːl/

## Definitions
1. A broad glacial valley formed during an ice age by meltwater flowing roughly parallel to the ice margin.

## Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from German Urstromtal, from ur- (prefix meaning ‘original; primitive’) + Strom (“large river; stream”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow; stream”)) + Tal (“valley”) (ultimate etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰól(h₂)os).
The plural form urstromtäler is also an unadapted borrowing from German Urstromtäler.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/urstromtal