Hai
German, noun/haɪ̯/
Hai is spelled H-A-I (3 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written German, the 13,339th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hai is a German masculine noun meaning “shark” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “im Meer lebender Raubfisch (Überordnung Selachii) aus der Klasse der Knorpelfische”.
What does Hai mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshark
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. im Meer lebender Raubfisch (Überordnung Selachii) aus der Klasse der Knorpelfische 2. ein von Gewinnsucht beziehungsweise Profitgier getriebener Mensch
suffix: 1. kennzeichnet in Verbindung mit Substantiven eine Person, die sich zum Nachteil anderer Personen bereichert
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Hai
- Haies genitive
- Hais genitive
- Haie plural
- Haien dative definite plural
- Hay alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hai?
- /haɪ̯/
- [haɪ̯]
- [ˌhaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hai
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hai in German?
Hai appears 4.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).