Hai

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hai"

German

Alternative forms

• Hay

Etymology

Via early modern (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch haai from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch haey. The word is probably borrowed directly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse hár, há-, whence unattested Middle Dutch *ha, whose inflected forms would have regularly developed into haai-. Borrowing from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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

Derived terms

• Haifisch
• Kredithai
• Tigerhai
• Walhai
• Katzenhai
• Dornhai

Further reading

• “Hai” in Duden online