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The article for

Orkan

der Orkan

Orkan is a masculine German noun. Its article is der.

Plural
die Orkane

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Why is it der Orkan?

Orkan is a kind of weather, and weather words like these are masculine: der Orkan. The exceptions: die Graupel and das Gewitter.

Weather
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Meteorology: ((created by an non-tropical low pressure area) Sturm of the twelfth level of the Beaufort-scale were extremely violent storm

[1] Meteorologie: (durch ein außertropisches Tiefdruckgebiet entstandener) Sturm der zwölften Stufe der Beaufort-Skala; äußerst heftiger Sturm

Examples

[1] The entire village had to be evacuated because of a hurricane

[1] Das gesamte Dorf musste wegen eines Orkanes evakuiert werden.

[1] "The hurricane was over, the sky gray, and it was raining"

[1] „Der Orkan war vorübergezogen, der Himmel grau, und es regnete schwach.“
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "So here we went before anchoring because of a huge orchan or a whirlworm that brought us in great danger"

[1] „Hier also gingen wir wegen eines gewaltigen Orkans oder Wirbelsturms, der uns in große Gefahr brachte, vor Anker.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Orkan die Orkane
Genitiv des Orkans des Orkanes der Orkane
Dativ dem Orkan dem Orkane den Orkanen
Akkusativ den Orkan die Orkane

Pronunciation

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