German

Noun

Föhn m ‎(genitive Föhns, plural Föhne or Föhns)

1. a warm wind which appears on the leeward side of mountains, for example on the northern side of the alps in south Germany; a foehn
2. hair dryer

Usage notes

• The normal plural is Föhne.
• The plural Föhns is quite often heard in the vernacular.
• Fön is a trademark that was not affected by the 1996 spelling reform, and remains in use as an alternative spelling for the hair-dryer sense only.

Declension

Synonyms

• (hair dryer): Haartrockner (formal)

English

Noun

föhn ‎(plural föhns)

1. Alternative spelling of foehn

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /føːn/

Etymology

From German Föhn, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin Favōnius ‎(“Favonius”), a Roman wind god.

Noun

föhn m ‎(plural föhns, diminutive föhntje n)

1. 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.

2. foehn

Synonyms

• (hair dryer): haardroger

Finnish

Etymology

From German Föhn, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin Favōnius ‎(“Favonius”), a Roman wind god.

Noun

föhn

1. foehn (wind)

Declension

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /føːn/

Verb

föhn

1. Imperative singular of föhnen.
2. (informal) First-person singular present of föhnen.

Italian

Alternative forms

• fohn

Etymology

From German Föhn, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin Favōnius ‎(“Favonius”), a Roman wind god.

Noun

föhn m ‎(invariable)

1. foehn
2. hair dryer

Slovak

Etymology

From German Föhn, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin Favōnius ‎(“Favonius”), a Roman wind god.

Alternative forms

• fén
• fön

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /føn/

Noun

föhn m ‎(genitive singular föhnu, nominative plural föhny, declension pattern of dub)

1. foehn
2. hairdryer

Declension

Synonyms

• (hair dryer): sušič