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orkan

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

 
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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:
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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

 
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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

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