Vulkan

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See also: vulkan and vulkán

German

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Vulcanus (“god of fire”). Attested as a mythological term in German since the 11th c. The modern sense since the 16th c. from an internationalism, whose precise development is uncertain; the earliest attestations of appellative use are found in Arabic بُرْكان (burkān, 13th c.), Old Spanish vulcan (13th c.), and Middle French vulcan (14th c.).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vʊlˈkaːn/
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  • Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

Vulkan m (strong, genitive Vulkans, plural Vulkane)

  1. (planetology, geology, volcanology) volcano

Declension

Declension of Vulkan
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Vulkan die Vulkane
genitive eines des Vulkans der Vulkane
dative einem dem Vulkan den Vulkanen
accusative einen den Vulkan die Vulkane

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Hungarian: vulkán

Proper noun

Vulkan m (proper noun, strong, genitive Vulkans)

  1. (Roman mythology) Dated form of Vulcanus (“Vulcan”).

Further reading

  • “Vulkan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Vulkan” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Vulkan” in Duden online
  • Vulkan on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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