German

Noun

Orkan m ‎(genitive Orkans or Orkanes, plural Orkane)

1. (European) hurricane; strong windstorm

Declension

See also

• Hurrikan

Danish

Noun

orkan c (singular definite orkanen, plural indefinite orkaner)

1. hurricane

Inflection

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Spanish huracán, via Dutch orkaan

Noun

orkan m ‎(definite singular orkanen, indefinite plural orkaner, definite plural orkanene)

1. a hurricane

References

• “orkan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Spanish huracán, via Dutch orkaan

Noun

orkan m ‎(definite singular orkanen, indefinite plural orkanar, definite plural orkanane)

1. a hurricane

References

• “orkan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Orkan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǒrkaːn/
• Hyphenation: or‧kan

Noun

òrkān m ‎(Cyrillic spelling о̀рка̄н)

1. hurricane

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊrˈkɑːn/

Noun

orkan c

1. a hurricane

Declension

Related terms

• orkanartad
• orkanby
• orkanområde
• orkanstyrka
• orkanvind

References

• orkan in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)