Katzenhai
[ˈkat͡sn̩ˌhaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Katzenhai” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vertreter einer von etwa 60 Arten der Haie innerhalb der gleichnamigen Familie Scyliorhinidae
Corpus desk
Index DE-katzenhai · Katzenhai · German
Katzenhai · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Katzenhai |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkat͡sn̩ˌhaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Katzenhai“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Katzenhai is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkat͡sn̩ˌhaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vertreter einer von etwa 60 Arten der Haie innerhalb der gleichnamigen Familie Scyliorhinidae".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Katzenhai in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Katzenhai, spelled K-A-T-Z-E-N-H-A-I.
Definition
- 1Vertreter einer von etwa 60 Arten der Haie innerhalb der gleichnamigen Familie Scyliorhinidae
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Katzenhai appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Am Grund der Karibik und vor der Küste Kaliforniens leben zwei Katzenhai-Arten, deren Haut in der Tiefe des Meeres grün fluoresziert.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.