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Haiku.

haiku (Japanese poem of a specific form: 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhaɪ̯ku/
  1. haiku (Japanese poem of a specific form: 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables)

    masculine · neuter · strong
  2. haiku (poem in any language of the same form)

    masculine · neuter · strong
Where this word comes from

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

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.