fön

• fäin (West Central Bavarian)
• föln (Southern Bavarian)

From Middle High German vælen, velen, valen, from Old French faillir, from Latin fallō. Cognate with German fehlen, English fail.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfœːn/
• Hyphenation: fön

fön (past participle gföd) (East Central Bavarian, Vienna)

1. (with dative) to be absent from, to be missing from, to be lacking in

   I dadad's kaufn, owa mia föd s'Göd. ― I would buy it but I don't have the money.

2. (with dative) to be missed by

   De Freind fön eam, seid er wegazogn is. ― He's been missing his friends since he moved.

3. (with dative) to feel ill, to feel unwell

   Föd da wås? - Naa, mir föd nix, dånk da! ― Do you feel unwell? - No, I'm fine, thanks!

   Wås föd ihr denn ? ― What's wrong with her?

4. (intransitive) to be missing

   Då föd a Schraufn. ― A screw is missing.

fön

1. singular imperative of fönen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of fönen

• IPA^(key): /fœːn/
• Rhymes: -œːn

fön f (genitive singular fanar, nominative plural fanir)

1. (ornithology) barb (one of the side branches of a feather which collectively constitute the vane)
2. (ichthyology, mycology) lamella (thin, plate-like structure forming part of a gill)

• fén
• föhn

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

• IPA^(key): /føn/

fön m inan (genitive singular fönu, nominative plural föny, genitive plural fönov, declension pattern of dub)

1. foehn
2. hairdryer

   Synonym: sušič

• “fön”, 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, 2024

• föhn (strong wind)

From German Föhn.

fön c

1. strong, hot wind in mountainous regions
2. hair dryer

• (hair dryer): hårfön, hårtork

• → Finnish: fööni

• fön in Svensk ordbok.

Borrowed from German Föhn, from Old High German phonno, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin Favōnius (“Favonius”), a Roman wind god.

• IPA^(key): /fœn/ [ˈɸø̞ᵝn̟]

fön (definite accusative fönü, plural fönler)

1. blow dryer
2. (meteorology) foehn

fön (nominative plural föns)

1. furnace, oven