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/
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Rhymes: -aɪ̯
Homophone: high

Noun

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

shark
Synonym: Haifisch

Declension

Declension of Hai [masculine, strong]

	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 rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

Bullenhai
Dornhai
Finanzhai
Immobilienhai
Katzenhai
Kredithai
Tigerhai
Walhai
Weißer Hai

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

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