stormar

Stormar is a Swedish word with two principal uses in modern language: as a noun and as a verb form.

As a noun, stormar is the plural of storm, referring to violent weather events such as strong winds, rain, and associated atmospheric disturbances. The plural form is common in weather reports and news, for example: “Under kvällen drog flera stormar över kusten.” The noun can also appear in compound phrases, such as stormvarningar (storm warnings) or stormförlopp (storm progression).

As a verb, storma is a verb meaning to move in with force, to raid, or to surge. Stormar is the present tense form for third-person singular and for all persons in the present in everyday usage: “Det stormar ute” means it is storming outside, and “Flera stormar stormar kustlinjen” can describe multiple storms approaching. In a figurative sense, storma can describe a sudden, forceful movement, for example, a crowd storming a venue: “Fans stormade arenan.”

Etymology traces the noun storm to the same Germanic root as related words in nearby languages, such as Danish storm and Norwegian storm, reflecting a shared heritage for violent atmospheric events. The verb storma shares the same core meaning of forceful movement and invasion.

Usage considerations include distinguishing the weather-related noun plural stormar from the present-tense verb form stormar, which relies on the same spelling but different grammatical function. The term appears across scientific, journalistic, and literary Swedish, and is common in everyday speech to describe both weather and sudden, forceful actions. See also storm (disambiguation).