Noun
das Haar
Pronunciation: /haːr/
hair (a singular hair, not limited to the head)
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plural Haare
Meanings
Noun
- hair (a singular hair, not limited to the head)
- hair (the totality of hair on someone's head)
Example sentence
In meiner Suppe ist ein Haar.
There is a hair in my soup.
Word forms
singular
das Haar
plural
die Haare
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedas Haar
Accusativedas Haar
Dativedem Haar
Genitivedes Haares
Plural
Nominativedie Haare
Accusativedie Haare
Dativeden Haaren
Genitiveder Haare
Usage
- ein Haar — one individual hair; plural Haare
- sich die Haare waschen — wash one's hair; German normally uses the plural here
Auf meinem Pullover liegt ein langes schwarzes Haar.
There is a long black hair on my jumper.