orkan
See also: Orkan, orkán, and ork'an
Danish
Etymology
From either German Orkan or Dutch orkaan, both from Spanish huracán (“hurricane”).
Noun
orkan c (singular definite orkanen, plural indefinite orkaner)
- hurricane
Inflection
Declension of orkan
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | orkan | orkanen | orkaner | orkanerne |
| genitive | orkans | orkanens | orkaners | orkanernes |
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Spanish huracán, via Dutch orkaan.
Noun
orkan m (definite singular orkanen, indefinite plural orkaner, definite plural orkanene)
- a hurricane
References
- “orkan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Spanish huracán, via Dutch orkaan.
Noun
orkan m (definite singular orkanen, indefinite plural orkanar, definite plural orkanane)
- a hurricane
References
- “orkan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Dutch orkaan.
The Dutch word comes from Spanish huracán.
The Spanish word comes from Taíno juracán.
Noun
orkan
- hurricane
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Orkan, from Dutch orkaan, from Spanish huracán, from Taíno *hurakā.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔr.kan/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔrkan
- Syllabification: or‧kan
Noun
orkan m inan
- (meteorology) strong wind with a thunderstorm
- (meteorology) European windstorm
Declension
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
adjective
- orkanowy
Further reading
- orkan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- orkan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Orkan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǒrkaːn/
- Hyphenation: or‧kan
Noun
òrkān m (Cyrillic spelling о̀рка̄н)
- strong wind
- (obsolete) hurricane
Declension
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʊrˈkɑːn/
Noun
orkan c
- a hurricane
Declension
| Declension of orkan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | orkan | orkanen | orkaner | orkanerna |
| Genitive | orkans | orkanens | orkaners | orkanernas |
Related terms
- orkanartad
- orkanby
- orkanområde
- orkanstyrka
- orkanvind
References
- orkan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Anagrams
- ankor, kanor, korna, krona