Haiku

See also: haiku, haikú, and haïku

German

Alternative forms

• Haikai, Hokku

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 俳(はい)句(く) (haiku) from Middle Chinese 俳 (bɛj, “paralleled [writing]”) + 句 (kjù, “line”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪ̯ku/

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Noun

Haiku n or m (strong, genitive Haikus or Haiku, plural Haikus or Haiku)

1. haiku (Japanese poem of a specific form: 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables)
2. haiku (poem in any language of the same form)

Hypernyms

• Gedichtform
• Gedicht

Further reading

• “Haiku” in Duden online