föhn

Noun

föhn (plural föhns)

1. Alternative spelling of foehn

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /føːn/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

föhn m (plural föhns, diminutive föhntje n)

1. hair dryer
   • 2006, Kees Kager, Het Zwanenwater, Gopher Publishers, page 200:

     Hij keek in de spiegel naar Babet die de föhn ter hand had genomen.

     He looked in the mirror to Babet who had taken the hair dryer in her hand.

2. foehn

Etymology

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

Noun

föhn

1. foehn (wind)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /føːn/

Verb

föhn

1. Imperative singular of föhnen.
2. (informal) First-person singular present of föhnen.

Alternative forms

• fohn, foehn

Etymology

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

Noun

föhn m (invariable)

1. foehn
2. hair dryer

Alternative forms

• fén
• fön

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /føn/

Noun

föhn m (genitive singular föhnu, nominative plural föhny, genitive plural föhnov, declension pattern of dub)

1. foehn
2. hairdryer

Further reading

• föhn in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk