Vulkan
German
editEtymology
editUltimately 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
editNoun
editVulkan m (strong, genitive Vulkans, plural Vulkane)
Declension
editDeclension of Vulkan [masculine, strong]
Hyponyms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- → Hungarian: vulkán
Proper noun
editVulkan m (proper noun, strong, genitive Vulkans)
Further reading
edit- “Vulkan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Vulkan” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Vulkan” in Duden online
- Vulkan on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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