Sturm
/ʃtʊʁm/noun
A German loanword meaning a storm, tumult, or violent assault.
Did you know?Sturm appears in the expression “Sturm und Drang,” literally “storm and stress,” the name of an emotionally revolutionary eighteenth-century German artistic movement.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sturmo-
“A storm or turbulent movement; a reconstructed Germanic ancestor.”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*sturmaz
“Storm, violent disturbance, or uproar.”
Old High German
Old High German
sturm
“Storm, attack, or violent upheaval.”
Middle High German
Middle High German
sturm
“Storm; assault or military attack.”
Modern German
German
Sturm
“Storm; tumult; assault, as in a storming attack.”
Modern English
English loanword
Sturm
“A German term used in English contexts, especially in “Sturm und Drang” and historical or military writing.”