Hai

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hai"

German

Alternative forms

• Hay (obsolete)

Etymology

Early 17th century, from Dutch haai, from Middle Dutch haey (15th c.), from Old Norse hár, há- (“shark”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haɪ̯/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪ̯
• Homophone: high

Noun

Hai m (strong, genitive Haies or Hais, plural Haie)

1. shark

   Synonym: Haifisch

Declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hai	die	Haie
genitive	eines	des	Haies, Hais	der	Haie
dative	einem	dem	Hai, Haie1	den	Haien
accusative	einen	den	Hai	die	Haie

Declension of Hai [masculine, strong]

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

• Bullenhai
• Dornhai
• Engelhai
• Finanzhai
• Herringshai
• Hundshai
• Immobilienhai
• Katzenhai
• Kredithai
• Leopardenhai
• Makrelenhai
• Requiemhai
• Tigerhai
• Walhai
• Weißer Hai
• Zitronenhai

 

Related terms

• Haifischbecken
• Haifischbeute
• Haifischgebiet

Further reading

• “Hai” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Hai” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Hai” in Duden online
• Hai on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de