Walhai
German, noun[ˈvaːlˌhaɪ̯]
Walhai is spelled W-A-L-H-A-I (6 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 228,970th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Walhai is a German masculine noun meaning “whale shark (Rhincodon typus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “größte Hai und zugleich der größte Fisch der Gegenwart”.
What does Walhai mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewhale shark (Rhincodon typus)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. größte Hai und zugleich der größte Fisch der Gegenwart.
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 Walhai
- Walhaies genitive
- Walhais genitive
- Walhaie plural
- Walhaien dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Walhai?
- [ˈvaːlˌhaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Walhai in German?
Walhai appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).