Orkane

Orkane is the plural form of the German noun Orkan, meaning a hurricane or a violent tropical storm. The term appears in meteorological writing and public discourse in German-speaking countries and is used to refer to multiple hurricane-strength storms or to a sequence of storms within a season. In standard usage, Orkan denotes a single hurricane, while Orkane indicates more than one.

The singular Orkan describes one storm, whereas Orkane is commonly used when discussing several storms collectively or referring to the overall activity of a season. In everyday language, phrases like mehrere Orkane or Orkane dieser Saison are typical, with more specialized discussions sometimes using related terms such as Orkanstärke to describe wind intensity associated with such storms.

Etymologically, Orkan is derived from the English word hurricane, and the plural Orkane is formed through regular German pluralization. The term is widespread in German-language meteorology, weather reporting, and climate science when addressing hurricane activity in the Atlantic and related regions. It is not a proper noun, but rather a common noun used to describe weather phenomena.

See also: Orkan, Hurricanes, German meteorology, Weather terminology. Notes and references come from standard German-language meteorology dictionaries and contemporary news coverage of Atlantic hurricane seasons.