Haiku
German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Japanese 俳句 (haiku) from Middle Chinese 俳 (bɛj, “paralleled [writing]”) + 句 (kjù, “line”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editHaiku n or m (strong, genitive Haikus or Haiku, plural Haikus or Haiku)
- 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
editFurther reading
edit- “Haiku” in Duden online