föhn
English
Noun
föhn (plural föhns)
- Alternative spelling of foehn
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from German Föhn, from Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German phonno, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin Favōnius (“Favonius”), a Roman wind god.
Pronunciation
Noun
föhn m (plural föhns or föhnen, diminutive föhntje n)
- (chiefly Netherlands) hair dryer [from 1930s]
- 1936, Rie Cramer, De lachende Cupido, H. P. Leopold (publ.), page 65.
- Het korte zwarte haar woei in haar vaart of de föhn er in blies en haar magere armen bewogen als vleugels de slippen van de sluirende voile.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1938, Emmy Belinfante-Belinfante, Wisselend getij, Valkhoff & Co. (publ., 2nd ed., original from 1934), page 9.
- Pim zag haar lippen bewegen, maar door het gegier van de föhn verstond ze haar niet.
- Pim saw her lips move, but she couldn't understand her because of the roaring of the hair dryer.
- 2006, Kees Kager, Het Zwanenwater, Gopher Publishers, page 200:
- Hij keek in de spiegel naar Babet die de föhn ter hand had genomen.
- He looked in the mirror to Babet who had taken the hair dryer in her hand.
- Hij keek in de spiegel naar Babet die de föhn ter hand had genomen.
- 1936, Rie Cramer, De lachende Cupido, H. P. Leopold (publ.), page 65.
- foehn [from early 19th c.]
- 1824, Dirk Sluijter, "Over eenige merkwaardigheden der natuur. De Föhnwind in de Zwitſerſche Alpen", in Mengelstukken (Letterkundig magazijn van wetenschap, kunst en smaak), no. 2, page 58.
- De rook der ſchoorſteenen wil, bij ſchijnbare windſtilte, niet in de hoogte ſtijgen; er ontſtaan grootere en kleinere nevels, die nu eens verdwijnen, dan weder zich vormen, tot de Föhn,[sic] met volle kracht begint.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1824, Dirk Sluijter, "Over eenige merkwaardigheden der natuur. De Föhnwind in de Zwitſerſche Alpen", in Mengelstukken (Letterkundig magazijn van wetenschap, kunst en smaak), no. 2, page 58.
Usage notes
The current plural form is föhns. The plural föhnen (after the Standard German plural Föhne) is dated and was chiefly used for the Alpine wind.
Synonyms
- (hair dryer): haardroger
Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology
From German Föhn, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin Favōnius (“Favonius”), a Roman wind god.
Noun
föhn
- foehn (wind)
Declension
Inflection of föhn (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | föhn | föhnit | |
genitive | föhnin | föhnien | |
partitive | föhniä | föhnejä | |
illative | föhniin | föhneihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | föhn | föhnit | |
accusative | nom. | föhn | föhnit |
gen. | föhnin | ||
genitive | föhnin | föhnien | |
partitive | föhniä | föhnejä | |
inessive | föhnissä | föhneissä | |
elative | föhnistä | föhneistä | |
illative | föhniin | föhneihin | |
adessive | föhnillä | föhneillä | |
ablative | föhniltä | föhneiltä | |
allative | föhnille | föhneille | |
essive | föhninä | föhneinä | |
translative | föhniksi | föhneiksi | |
abessive | föhnittä | föhneittä | |
instructive | — | föhnein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
German
Pronunciation
Verb
föhn
Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From German Föhn, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin Favōnius (“Favonius”), a Roman wind god.
Pronunciation
Noun
föhn m (invariable)
Slovak
Alternative forms
Etymology
From German Föhn, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin Favōnius (“Favonius”), a Roman wind god.
Pronunciation
Noun
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Declension
Further reading
- “föhn”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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