Weißen Haie
[ˈvaɪ̯sn̩ ˈhaɪ̯ə]
The verdict
“Weißen Haie” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural schwach des Substantivs Weißer Hai
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Weißen Haie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaɪ̯sn̩ ˈhaɪ̯ə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Weißen Haie” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Weißen Haie is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈvaɪ̯sn̩ ˈhaɪ̯ə]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for Weißen Haie in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Weißen Haie, spelled W-E-I-S-S-E-N- -H-A-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural schwach des Substantivs Weißer Hai
- 2Genitiv Plural schwach des Substantivs Weißer Hai
- 3Akkusativ Plural schwach des Substantivs Weißer Hai
- 4Nominativ Plural gemischt des Substantivs Weißer Hai
- 5Genitiv Plural gemischt des Substantivs Weißer Hai
- 6Akkusativ Plural gemischt des Substantivs Weißer Hai
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.
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Using “Weißen Haie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-E-I-S-S-E-N- -H-A-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈvaɪ̯sn̩ ˈhaɪ̯ə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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