föhn
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
föhn (plural föhns)
- Alternative spelling of foehn
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from German Föhn, from Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German phonno, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin Favōnius (“Favonius”), a Roman wind god.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
föhn m (plural föhns or föhnen, diminutive föhntje n)
- (chiefly Netherlands) hair dryer [from 1930s]
- 1936, Rie Cramer, De lachende Cupido, H. P. Leopold (publ.), page 65.
- Het korte zwarte haar woei in haar vaart of de föhn er in blies en haar magere armen bewogen als vleugels de slippen van de sluirende voile.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1938, Emmy Belinfante-Belinfante, Wisselend getij, Valkhoff & Co. (publ., 2nd ed., original from 1934), page 9.
- Pim zag haar lippen bewegen, maar door het gegier van de föhn verstond ze haar niet.
- Pim saw her lips move, but she couldn't understand her because of the roaring of the 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.
- 1936, Rie Cramer, De lachende Cupido, H. P. Leopold (publ.), page 65.
- foehn [from early 19th c.]
- 1824, Dirk Sluijter, “Over eenige merkwaardigheden der natuur. De Föhnwind in de Zwitſerſche Alpen”, in Mengelstukken (Letterkundig magazijn van wetenschap, kunst en smaak), number 2, page 58:
- De rook der ſchoorſteenen wil, bij ſchijnbare windſtilte, niet in de hoogte ſtijgen; er ontſtaan grootere en kleinere nevels, die nu eens verdwijnen, dan weder zich vormen, tot de Föhn,[sic] met volle kracht begint.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes[edit]
The current plural form is föhns. The plural föhnen (after the Standard German plural Föhne) is dated and was chiefly used for the Alpine wind.
Synonyms[edit]
- (hair dryer): haardroger
Derived terms[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From German Föhn, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin Favōnius (“Favonius”), a Roman wind god.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
föhn
- foehn (wind)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of föhn (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | föhn | föhnit | ||
genitive | föhnin | föhnien | ||
partitive | föhniä | föhnejä | ||
illative | föhniin | föhneihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | föhn | föhnit | ||
accusative | nom. | föhn | föhnit | |
gen. | föhnin | |||
genitive | föhnin | föhnien | ||
partitive | föhniä | föhnejä | ||
inessive | föhnissä | föhneissä | ||
elative | föhnistä | föhneistä | ||
illative | föhniin | föhneihin | ||
adessive | föhnillä | föhneillä | ||
ablative | föhniltä | föhneiltä | ||
allative | föhnille | föhneille | ||
essive | föhninä | föhneinä | ||
translative | föhniksi | föhneiksi | ||
abessive | föhnittä | föhneittä | ||
instructive | — | föhnein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “föhn”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
föhn
Italian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from German Föhn, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin Favōnius (“Favonius”), a Roman wind god.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
föhn m (invariable)
Slovak[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from German Föhn, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin Favōnius (“Favonius”), a Roman wind god.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
föhn m inan (genitive singular föhnu, nominative plural föhny, genitive plural föhnov, declension pattern of dub)
Declension[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “föhn”, 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
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