Hai

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hai"

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Via early modern Dutch haai from Middle Dutch haey. The word is probably borrowed directly from Old Norse hár, há-, whence unattested Middle Dutch *ha, whose inflected forms would have regularly developed into haai-. Borrowing from Icelandic, considered in the older literature, is not endorsed by contemporary Dutch etymologic sources.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /haɪ̯/
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  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯

Noun

Hai m (genitive Hais or Haies, plural Haie)

  1. shark

Declension
Declension of Hai
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
1Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms

Further reading
  • Hai in Duden online
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