orkan

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See also: Orkan, orkán, and ork'an

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

orkan c (singular definite orkanen, plural indefinite orkaner)

  1. hurricane

Inflection[edit]

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

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish huracán, via Dutch orkaan.

Noun[edit]

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

  1. a hurricane

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish huracán, via Dutch orkaan.

Noun[edit]

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

  1. a hurricane

References[edit]

Papiamentu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch orkaan.

The Dutch word comes from Spanish huracán.

The Spanish word comes from Taíno juracán.

Noun[edit]

orkan

  1. hurricane

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Orkan, from Dutch orkaan, from Spanish huracán, from Taíno *hurakā.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔr.kan/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔrkan
  • Syllabification: or‧kan

Noun[edit]

orkan m inan

  1. (meteorology) strong wind with a thunderstorm
  2. (meteorology) European windstorm

Declension[edit]

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

Derived terms[edit]

adjective

Further reading[edit]

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

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German Orkan.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

òrkān m (Cyrillic spelling о̀рка̄н)

  1. strong wind
  2. (obsolete) hurricane

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

orkan c

  1. a hurricane

Declension[edit]

Declension of orkan 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative orkan orkanen orkaner orkanerna
Genitive orkans orkanens orkaners orkanernas

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

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