pakane — illustration of severe frost

pakane

[ˈpɑkɑne]

severe frost, hard freeze

Forms

Forms
CaseSingularPlural
Nominativepakanepakased
Genitivepakasepakaste
Partitivepakastpakaseid
Illativepakasessepakastesse
Inessivepakasespakastes
Elativepakasestpakastest
Allativepakaselepakastele
Adessivepakaselpakastel
Ablativepakaseltpakastelt
Translativepakasekspakasteks
Terminativepakasenipakasteni
Essivepakasenapakastena
Comitativepakasegapakastega

Examples

Pakane ei jahutanud tuliseid meeleolusid.

The frost did not cool the heated moods.

Käisime talvel suusatamas isegi 20-kraadise pakasega.

We went skiing in winter even in 20-degree frost.

Common combinations

kõva pakane

hard frost

pakasega ilm

frosty weather

pakases külmuma

to freeze in the frost

Related words

In Estonian

talvine (eriti) madal temperatuur, talvine kõva külm

Definitions, examples and word forms are partly based on the EKI Combined Dictionary (Eesti Keele Instituut, Sõnaveeb), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Dictio has edited and added to them. Sources and licenses

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