orkaan

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

hurricane
(figuratively) An uncontrollable/destructive force
(figuratively) Something moving extremely fast

Derived terms

doodsorkaan
driftorkaan
graforkaan
helorkaan
herfstorkaan
krijgsorkaan
lenteorkaan
noodorkaan
noordorkaan
orkaankaart
orkaankracht
orkaantafel
orkaanvlaag
orkaanwolk
orkanen
ramporkaan
staatsorkaan
vuurorkaan
zeeorkaan

Descendants

Afrikaans: orkaan
→ Danish: orkan
→ German: Orkan
→ Papiamentu: orkan
→ Swedish: orkan

Further reading

orkaan on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Estonian

Noun

orkaan (genitive orkaani, partitive orkaani)

hurricane

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

orkaan in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat

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