Hurrikan

See also: hurrikán

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English hurricane. Doublet of Orkan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʊʁikan/, /ˈhʊʁikaːn/ (rare)
• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɹikən/, /ˈhaʁikən/ (overall more common; readaptation to the English form, despite the German spelling)

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Hur‧ri‧kan

Noun

Hurrikan m (strong, genitive Hurrikans, plural Hurrikane or Hurrikans)

1. hurricane (strong windstorm in North and Central America)

Usage notes

• The plural in -e goes along with the Germanised pronunciation; the plural in -s goes along with the Anglicised pronunciation.

Declension

Declension of Hurrikan [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hurrikan	die	Hurrikane, Hurrikans
genitive	eines	des	Hurrikans	der	Hurrikane, Hurrikans
dative	einem	dem	Hurrikan	den	Hurrikanen, Hurrikans
accusative	einen	den	Hurrikan	die	Hurrikane, Hurrikans

See also

• Orkan (similar storm in Europe)

Further reading

• “Hurrikan” in Duden online
• “Hurrikan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache