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orkaan

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Dutch

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Spanish huracán, ultimately from Taíno juracán; cognate with French ouragan, English hurricane (originally hurricano); German Orkan is borrowed from Dutch.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ɔrˈkaːn/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Hyphenation: or‧kaan
    • Rhymes: -aːn

    Noun

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    orkaan m or n (plural orkanen, diminutive orkaantje n)

    1. hurricane
    2. (figuratively) an uncontrollable/destructive force
    3. (figuratively) something moving extremely fast

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • Afrikaans: orkaan
    • Negerhollands: orkan
    • Danish: orkan
    • German: Orkan
    • Norwegian Bokmål: orkan
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: orkan
    • Papiamentu: orkan, orkaan
    • Swedish: orkan

    Further reading

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    Estonian

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    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    orkaan (genitive orkaani, partitive orkaani)

    1. hurricane

    Declension

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    Declension of orkaan (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
    singular plural
    nominative orkaan orkaanid
    accusative nom.
    gen. orkaani
    genitive orkaanide
    partitive orkaani orkaane
    orkaanisid
    illative orkaani
    orkaanisse
    orkaanidesse
    orkaanesse
    inessive orkaanis orkaanides
    orkaanes
    elative orkaanist orkaanidest
    orkaanest
    allative orkaanile orkaanidele
    orkaanele
    adessive orkaanil orkaanidel
    orkaanel
    ablative orkaanilt orkaanidelt
    orkaanelt
    translative orkaaniks orkaanideks
    orkaaneks
    terminative orkaanini orkaanideni
    essive orkaanina orkaanidena
    abessive orkaanita orkaanideta
    comitative orkaaniga orkaanidega

    Further reading

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    • orkaan”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009