orkan

See also: Orkan, orkán, and ork'an

Danish

Etymology

From either German Orkan or Dutch orkaan, both from Spanish huracán (“hurricane”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɒˈkæˀn/

Noun

orkan c (singular definite orkanen, plural indefinite orkaner)

1. hurricane

Inflection

Declension of orkan

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	orkan	orkanen	orkaner	orkanerne
genitive	orkans	orkanens	orkaners	orkanernes

References

• “orkan” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Spanish huracán, via Dutch orkaan.

Noun

orkan m (definite singular orkanen, indefinite plural orkaner, definite plural orkanene)

1. 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)

1. a hurricane

References

• “orkan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch orkaan, from Spanish huracán, from Taíno juracán.

Noun

orkan

1. hurricane

Polish

orkan

Etymology

Borrowed from German Orkan. Doublet of huragan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔr.kan/

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• Rhymes: -ɔrkan
• Syllabification: or‧kan
• Homophone: Orkan

Noun

orkan m inan (related adjective orkanowy)

1. (meteorology) European windstorm (strongest kind of extratropical cyclone occurring across the continent of Europe, associated with areas of low atmospheric pressure)

   Hypernym: cyklon

2. (meteorology) strong wind with a thunderstorm

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

Related terms

adverbs

• orkanowo

 

Further reading

• orkan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• orkan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• orkan in PWN's encyclopedia

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Orkan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǒrkaːn/
• Hyphenation: or‧kan

Noun

òrkān m (Cyrillic spelling о̀рка̄н)

1. strong wind
2. (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

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish huracán, from Taíno *hurakā. Cognate of Danish orkan, German Orkan, Dutch orkaan, French ouragan, English hurricane.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊrˈkɑːn/

Noun

orkan c

1. a hurricane

Declension

Declension of orkan

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	orkan	orkans
	definite	orkanen	orkanens
plural	indefinite	orkaner	orkaners
	definite	orkanerna	orkanernas

Related terms

• orkanartad
• orkanby
• orkanområde
• orkanstyrka
• orkanvind

References

• orkan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• orkan in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• orkan in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)

Anagrams

• ankor, kanor, korna, krona