Haifisch
German, noun[ˈhaɪ̯ˌfɪʃ]
Haifisch is spelled H-A-I-F-I-S-C-H (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 69,095th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Haifisch is a German masculine noun meaning “synonym of Hai (“shark”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “im Meer lebender Raubfisch (Überordnung Selachii) aus der Klasse der Knorpelfische”.
What does Haifisch mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculinesynonym of Hai (“shark”)
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
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 Haifisch
- Haifisches genitive
- Haifischs genitive
- Haifische plural
- Haifischen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Haifisch?
- [ˈhaɪ̯ˌfɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Haifisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Haifisch in German?
Haifisch appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).