fön

See also: Fön and Appendix:Variations of "fon"

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• fäin (West Central Bavarian)
• föln (Southern Bavarian)

Etymology

From Middle High German vælen, velen, valen, from Old French faillir, from Latin fallō. Cognate with German fehlen, English fail.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfœːn/
• Hyphenation: fön

Verb

fön (past participle gföd) (East Central Bavarian, Vienna)

1. (with dative) to be absent from, to be missing from, to be lacking in

   I dadad's kaufn, owa mia föd s'Göd. ― I would buy it but I don't have the money.

2. (with dative) to be missed by

   De Freind fön eam, seid er wegazogn is. ― He's been missing his friends since he moved.

3. (with dative) to feel ill, to feel unwell

   Föd da wås? - Naa, mir föd nix, dånk da! ― Do you feel unwell? - No, I'm fine, thanks!

   Wås föd ihr denn ? ― What's wrong with her?

4. (intransitive) to be missing

   Då föd a Schraufn. ― A screw is missing.

Conjugation

Conjugation of fön

infinitive	fön
	present tense	past tense	subjunctive
1st person sing.	fö	-	fölad
2nd person sing.	föst	-	fölast
3rd person sing.	föd	-	fölad
1st person plur.	fön	-	föladn
2nd person plur.	föds	-	fölats
3rd person plur.	fön	-	föladn
imperative sing.	fö
imperative plur.	föds
past participle	gföd

German

Verb

fön

1. singular imperative of fönen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of fönen

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fœːn/
• Rhymes: -œːn

Noun

fön f (genitive singular fanar, nominative plural fanir)

1. (ornithology) barb (one of the side branches of a feather which collectively constitute the vane)
2. (ichthyology, mycology) lamella (thin, plate-like structure forming part of a gill)

Declension

declension of fön

f-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fön	fönin	fanir	fanirnar
accusative	fön	fönina	fanir	fanirnar
dative	fön	föninni	fönum	fönunum
genitive	fanar	fanarinnar	fana	fananna

Slovak

Alternative forms

• fén
• föhn

Etymology

Derived from German Föhn, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin Favōnius (“Favonius”), a Roman wind god.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /føn/

Noun

fön m inan (genitive singular fönu, nominative plural föny, genitive plural fönov, declension pattern of dub)

1. foehn
2. hairdryer

   Synonym: sušič

Declension

Declension of fön

	singular	plural
nominative	fön	föny
genitive	fönu	fönov
dative	fönu	fönom
accusative	fön	föny
locative	föne	fönoch
instrumental	fönom	fönmi

Further reading

• “fön”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swedish

Alternative forms

• föhn (strong wind)

Etymology

From German Föhn.

Noun

fön c

1. strong, hot wind in mountainous regions
2. hair dryer

Declension

Declension of fön
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fön	fönen	fönar	fönarna
Genitive	föns	fönens	fönars	fönarnas

Synonyms

• (hair dryer): hårfön, hårtork

Descendants

• → Finnish: fööni

Further reading

• fön in Svensk ordbok.

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Föhn, from Old High German phonno, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin Favōnius (“Favonius”), a Roman wind god.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fœn/ [ˈɸø̞ᵝn̟]

Noun

fön (definite accusative fönü, plural fönler)

1. blow dryer
2. (meteorology) foehn

Volapük

Noun

fön (nominative plural föns)

1. furnace, oven

Declension

declension of fön

	singular	plural
nominative	fön	föns
genitive	föna	fönas
dative	föne	fönes
accusative	föni	fönis
vocative 1	o fön!	o föns!
predicative 2	fönu	fönus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only