Haiku
See also: haiku, haikú, and haïku
German
Alternative forms
- Haikai
- Hokku
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 俳句 (haiku), from Middle Chinese 俳 (bɛj, “paralleled [writing]”) + 句 (kjù, “line”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ̯ku/
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Noun
Haiku n or m (genitive Haiku or Haikus, plural Haiku or Haikus)
- haiku (Japanese poem of a specific form: 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables)
- haiku (poem in any language of the same form)
Hypernyms
- Gedichtform
- Gedicht
Further reading
- Haiku in Duden online