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youngstrom

/jˈʌŋstɹəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
youngstrom
IPA
/jˈʌŋstɹəm/
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Swedish.

Etymology

Americanized spelling of either Swedish Ungström, which is from ung (“young”) + ström (“stream, current”), or Swedish Ljungström, from ljung (“heather”) + ström (“stream, current”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Ungström, Ljungström

Inflected Forms

Youngstroms (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce youngstrom?
The recorded pronunciation is /jˈʌŋstɹəm/.
What does youngstrom mean?
A surname from Swedish.
Where does youngstrom come from?
It is traced to Swedish.

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