Vulkan

See also: vulkan and vulkán

German

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Vulcanus (“god of fire”). Attested as a mythological term in German since the 11th c. The modern sense since the 16th c. from an internationalism, whose precise development is uncertain; the earliest attestations of appellative use are found in Arabic بُرْكان‎ (burkān, 13th c.), Old Spanish vulcan (13th c.), and Middle French vulcan (14th c.).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vʊlˈkaːn/

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• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

Vulkan m (strong, genitive Vulkans, plural Vulkane)

1. (planetology, geology, volcanology) volcano

Declension

Declension of Vulkan [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Vulkan	die	Vulkane
genitive	eines	des	Vulkans	der	Vulkane
dative	einem	dem	Vulkan	den	Vulkanen
accusative	einen	den	Vulkan	die	Vulkane

Derived terms

• Eisvulkan
• Kyrovulkan
• Schichtvulkan
• Schildvulkan
• Schlammvulkan
• Spaltenvulkan
• Stratovulkan
• Supervulkan
• Vulkanausbruch
• vulkanisch
• Vulkanismus
• Vulkanobservatorium
• Vulkanologie

 

Descendants

• → Estonian: vulkaan
• → Hungarian: vulkán

Proper noun

Vulkan m (proper noun, strong, genitive Vulkans)

1. (Roman mythology) Dated form of Vulcanus (“Vulcan”).

Further reading

• “Vulkan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Vulkan” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Vulkan” in Duden online
• Vulkan on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de