Vulkan

See also: vulkan and vulkán

German

Etymology

    Ultimately from Latin Vulcanus (“god of fire”). Attested as a mythological term in German since the 11th c. The modern sense since the 16th c. from an internationalism, whose precise development is uncertain; the earliest attestations of appellative use are found in Arabic بُرْكان (burkān, 13th c.), Old Spanish vulcan (13th c.), and Middle French vulcan (14th c.).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /vʊlˈkaːn/
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
    • Rhymes: -aːn

    Noun

    Vulkan m (strong, genitive Vulkans, plural Vulkane)

    1. (planetology, geology, volcanology) volcano

    Declension

    Declension of Vulkan [masculine, strong]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein der Vulkan die Vulkane
    genitive eines des Vulkans der Vulkane
    dative einem dem Vulkan den Vulkanen
    accusative einen den Vulkan die Vulkane

    Hyponyms

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • → Hungarian: vulkán

    Proper noun

    Vulkan m (proper noun, strong, genitive Vulkans)

    1. (Roman mythology) dated form of Vulcanus (“Vulcan”)

    Further reading

    • “Vulkan”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
    • “Vulkan” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
    • “Vulkan” in Duden online
    • Vulkan on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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