Orkan

See also: orkan, orkán, and ork'an

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch orkaan, from Spanish huracán, from Taíno *hurakā. Doublet of Hurrikan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔʁˈkaːn/, [ɔʁˈkaːn], [ɔɐ̯ˈkaːn]

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• Hyphenation: Or‧kan
• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

Orkan m (strong, genitive Orkanes or Orkans, plural Orkane)

1. (European) hurricane; strong windstorm

Declension

Declension of Orkan [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Orkan	die	Orkane
genitive	eines	des	Orkanes, Orkans	der	Orkane
dative	einem	dem	Orkan, Orkane1	den	Orkanen
accusative	einen	den	Orkan	die	Orkane

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms

• Orkanböe
• Orkantief

See also

• Hurrikan

Further reading

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