English-German translations for haiku

• Haiku das
• Haiku / das

Definition of haiku

• A Japanese poem in three lines, the first and last consisting of five morae, and the second consisting of seven morae, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme
• A three-line poem in any language, with five syllables in the first and last lines and seven syllables in the second, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme

Examples

• Haiku, a poem
• five beats, then seven, then five
• ends as it began.

Related words

• Tchaikovskian
• Haikou
• Tchaikovsky
• shaikh
• chaikhana
• haikuist