orkan

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See also: Orkan, orkán, and ork'an

Danish

Etymology

From either German Orkan or Dutch orkaan, both from Spanish huracán (“hurricane”).

Pronunciation

Noun

orkan c (singular definite orkanen, plural indefinite orkaner)

  1. hurricane

Inflection

Declension of orkan
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative orkan orkanen orkaner orkanerne
genitive orkans orkanens orkaners orkanernes

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From Spanish huracán, via Dutch orkaan.

Noun

orkan m (definite singular orkanen, indefinite plural orkaner, definite plural orkanene)

  1. a hurricane

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From Spanish huracán, via Dutch orkaan.

Noun

orkan m (definite singular orkanen, indefinite plural orkanar, definite plural orkanane)

  1. a hurricane

References

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch orkaan, from Spanish huracán, from Taíno juracán.

Noun

orkan

  1. hurricane

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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orkan

Etymology

Borrowed from German Orkan. Doublet of huragan.

Pronunciation

Noun

orkan m inan (related adjective orkanowy)

  1. (meteorology) European windstorm (strongest kind of extratropical cyclone occurring across the continent of Europe, associated with areas of low atmospheric pressure)
    Hypernym: cyklon
  2. (meteorology) strong wind with a thunderstorm

Declension

Declension of orkan
singular plural
nominative orkan orkany
genitive orkanu orkanów
dative orkanowi orkanom
accusative orkan orkany
instrumental orkanem orkanami
locative orkanie orkanach
vocative orkanie orkany
adverbs

Further reading

  • orkan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • orkan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • orkan in PWN's encyclopedia

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Orkan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǒrkaːn/
  • Hyphenation: or‧kan

Noun

òrkān m (Cyrillic spelling о̀рка̄н)

  1. strong wind
  2. (obsolete) hurricane

Declension

Declension of orkan
singular plural
nominative òrkān orkani
genitive orkána orkana
dative orkanu orkanima
accusative orkan orkane
vocative orkane orkani
locative orkanu orkanima
instrumental orkanom orkanima

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish huracán, from Taíno *hurakā. Cognate of Danish orkan, German Orkan, Dutch orkaan, French ouragan, English hurricane.

Pronunciation

Noun

orkan c

  1. a hurricane

Declension

Declension of orkan
nominative genitive
singular indefinite orkan orkans
definite orkanen orkanens
plural indefinite orkaner orkaners
definite orkanerna orkanernas

References

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