Orkan

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See also: orkan, orkán, and ork'an

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Etymology

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    Spanish huracánbor.
    German Orkan

    Borrowed from Dutch orkaan, from Spanish huracán, from Taíno *hurakā. Doublet of Hurrikan.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɔʁˈkaːn/, ,
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    • Hyphenation: Or‧kan
    • Rhymes: -aːn

    Noun

    Orkan m (strong, genitive Orkanes or Orkans, plural Orkane)

    1. (European) hurricane; strong windstorm

    Declension

    Declension of Orkan
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein der Orkan die Orkane
    genitive eines des Orkanes, Orkans der Orkane
    dative einem dem Orkan, Orkane1 den Orkanen
    accusative einen den Orkan die Orkane

    1Now rare, see notes.

    Descendants

    • ⇒ Czech: orkán
    • → Macedonian: оркан (orkan)
    • → Serbo-Croatian:

    See also

    Further reading

    • “Orkan” in Duden online
    • “Orkan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

    Turkish

    Etymology

    See Orhan

    Proper noun

    Orkan

    1. a male given name
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