fön

See also: Fön and Appendix:Variations of "fon"

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• fäin (West Central Bavarian)
• föln (Southern Bavarian)

Etymology

From Middle High German vælen, velen, valen, from Old French faillir, from Latin fallō. Cognate with German fehlen, English fail.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfœːn/
• Hyphenation: fön

Verb

fön (past participle gföd) (East Central Bavarian, Vienna)

1. (with dative) to be absent from, to be missing from, to be lacking in

   I dadad's kaufn, owa mia föd s'Göd. ― I would buy it but I don't have the money.

2. (with dative) to be missed by

   De Freind fön eam, seid er wegazogn is. ― He's been missing his friends since he moved.

3. (with dative) to feel ill, to feel unwell

   Föd da wås? - Naa, mir föd nix, dånk da! ― Do you feel unwell? - No, I'm fine, thanks!

   Wås föd ihr denn ? ― What's wrong with her?

4. (intransitive) to be missing

   Då föd a Schraufn. ― A screw is missing.

Conjugation

Conjugation of fön

infinitive	fön
past participle	gföd
	present	past	subjunctive
1st person singular	fö	—	fölad
2nd person singular	föst	—	fölast
3rd person singular	föd	—	fölad
1st person plural	fön	—	föladn
2nd person plural	föds	—	fölats
3rd person plural	fön	—	föladn
	imperative
singular	fö
plural	föds

German

Verb

fön

1. singular imperative of fönen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of fönen

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fœːn/
• Rhymes: -œːn

Noun

fön f (genitive singular fanar, nominative plural fanir)

1. (ornithology) barb (one of the side branches of a feather which collectively constitute the vane)
2. (ichthyology, mycology) lamella (thin, plate-like structure forming part of a gill)

Declension

Declension of fön (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fön	fönin	fanir	fanirnar
accusative	fön	fönina	fanir	fanirnar
dative	fön	föninni	fönum	fönunum
genitive	fanar	fanarinnar	fana	fananna

Slovak

Alternative forms

• (dated) föhn, (proscribed) fén

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fœn]

Noun

fön m inan

1. foehn
2. hairdryer

   Synonym: sušič

Declension

Declension of fön
(pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	fön	föny
genitive	fönu	fönov
dative	fönu	fönom
accusative	fön	föny
locative	föne	fönoch
instrumental	fönom	fönmi

Further reading

• “fön”, 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, 2003–2025

Swedish

Alternative forms

• föhn (strong wind)

Etymology

From German Föhn.

Noun

fön c

1. strong, hot wind in mountainous regions
2. hair dryer

Declension

Declension of fön

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fön	föns
	definite	fönen	fönens
plural	indefinite	fönar	fönars
	definite	fönarna	fönarnas

Synonyms

• (hair dryer): hårfön, hårtork

Descendants

• → Finnish: fööni

Further reading

• fön in Svensk ordbok.

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Föhn, from Old High German phonno, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin Favōnius (“Favonius”), a Roman wind god.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fœn/ [ˈɸø̞ᵝn̟]

Noun

fön (definite accusative fönü, plural fönler)

1. blow dryer
2. (meteorology) foehn

Volapük

Noun

fön (nominative plural föns)

1. furnace, oven

Declension

Declension of fön

	singular	plural
nominative	fön	föns
genitive	föna	fönas
dative	föne	fönes
accusative	föni	fönis
vocative 1	o fön!	o föns!
predicative 2	fönu	fönus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only