föhn
English
editNoun
editföhn (plural föhns)
- Alternative spelling of foehn
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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
editNoun
editföhn 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
editThe 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
editFinnish
editEtymology
editFrom German Föhn, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin Favōnius (“Favonius”), a Roman wind god.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editföhn
- foehn (wind)
Declension
editInflection 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
editcompounds
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
editPronunciation
editVerb
editföhn
Italian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Föhn, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin Favōnius (“Favonius”), a Roman wind god.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editföhn m (invariable)
Slovak
editPronunciation
editNoun
editföhn m inan
Declension
editDeclension of föhn (pattern dub)
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, 2003–2024
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