orkaan
Dutch
Etymology
From Spanish huracán, ultimately from Taino juracán; cognate with French ouragan, English hurricane (originally hurricano); German Orkan is borrowed from Dutch.
Pronunciation
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Noun
orkaan m, 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
- ramporkaan
- staatsorkaan
- vuurorkaan
- woestenijorkaan
- zeeorkaan
- orkanen
- orkaankracht
- orkaankaart
- orkaantafel
- orkaanvlaag
- orkaanwolk
Further reading
Estonian
Noun
orkaan (genitive orkaani, partitive orkaani)
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- orkaan in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
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