Declension of German noun Haff with plural and article

The declension of the noun Haff (lagoon, backwater) is in singular genitive Haff(e)s and in the plural nominative Haffs/Haffe. The noun Haff is declined with the declension endings es/s/e. The voice of Haff is neutral and the article "das". Here you can not only inflect Haff but also all German nouns. The noun is part of the thesaurus of Zertifikat Deutsch respectivly Level C2. Comments ☆

C2 · noun · neutral · regular⁴ · -s, -s · -s, -e⁴

das Haff

Haff(e)s · Haffs/Haffe⁴

Endings es/s/e   Dative plural without additional 'n'  

⁴ Usage seldom

English lagoon, backwater

/haf/ · /hafs/ · /hafə/

Brackwasser-Lagune an der Ostsee

» Das Wasser des Haffs ist kalt. English The water of the lagoon is cold.

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Declension of Haff in singular and plural in all cases

Singular

Nom. dasHaff
Gen. desHaffes/Haffs
Dat. demHaff/Haffe⁶
Acc. dasHaff

Plural

Nom. dieHaffs/Haffe⁴
Gen. derHaffs/Haffe⁴
Dat. denHaffs/Haffen⁴
Acc. dieHaffs/Haffe⁴

⁶ Only in exalted use⁴ Usage seldom

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Examples

Example sentences for Haff

  • Das Wasser des Haffs ist kalt. 
    English The water of the lagoon is cold.
  • Die Nehrung trennt das Haff vom Meer. 
    English The sandbar separates the lagoon from the sea.
  • Die Nehrung trennt das Haff von der Ostsee. 
    English The spit separates the lagoon from the Baltic Sea.
  • Sein Blick streift über die schmale Nehrung, die das Haff nach Norden hin fast zum Binnensee macht. 
    English His gaze sweeps over the narrow isthmus that almost turns the bay into an inland lake to the north.
  • Wir sahen Trecks, die sich in langsamer Qual über das zugefrorene Haff oder über zerstörten Landstraßen dahinbewegten. 
    English We saw convoys moving slowly over the frozen bay or over destroyed country roads.
  • Damit die Fischer in Ruhe ihrer Arbeit nachgehen konnten, schuf sie einen Sandwall, der das fischreiche Gewässer des Haffs vor den Meeresfluten schützte. 
    English In order for the fishermen to carry out their work in peace, she created a sandbank that protected the fish-rich waters of the Haff from the sea floods.
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Translation of German Haff

German Haff
English lagoon, backwater
Russian гафф, залив, лагу́на, лагуна, лима́н
Spanish albufera, laguna, laguna de agua salobre
French lagune
Turkish lagün, deniz kulağı
Portuguese laguna de água salobra, ria
Italian haff, laguna, laguna salmastra
Romanian lagună
Hungarian lagúna
Polish zalew, laguna, zatoka
Greek αλμυρή λιμνοθάλασσα, λιμνοθάλασσα
Dutch brakwaterlagune, haf, lagune
Czech laguna
Swedish brackvattenlagun, haff, lagun
Danish brakvandslagune, strandsø
Japanese 潟湖
Catalan llacuna d'aigua salobre
Finnish lahdelma
Norwegian brakkvannlagune
Basque bracke
Serbian brak voda, laguna
Macedonian блато
Slovenian laguna, zaliv, zatok
Slowakisch lagúna
Bosnian laguna
Croatian slatkovodno jezero
Ukrainian бракована вода, лагуна
Bulgarian блато, лагуна
Belorussian лагуна
Hebrewלגונה
Arabicبحيرة مياه عذبة
Persianآبگیر شور
Urduنمکین پانی کی جھیل

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Meanings and synonyms of Haff
  • Brackwasser-Lagune an der Ostsee
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Declension forms of Haff

Summary of all declension forms of the noun Haff in all cases

The declension of Haff as a table with all forms in singular (singular) and plural (plural) and in all four cases nominative (1st case), genitive (2nd case), dative (3rd case) and accusative (4th case). Especially for German learners the correct declension of the word Haff is crucial.

Declension Haff

Singular Plural
Nom. das Haff die Haffs/Haffe
Gen. des Haff(e)s der Haffs/Haffe
Dat. dem Haff(e) den Haffs/Haffen
Acc. das Haff die Haffs/Haffe

Declension Haff

  • Singular: das Haff, des Haff(e)s, dem Haff(e), das Haff
  • Plural: die Haffs/Haffe, der Haffs/Haffe, den Haffs/Haffen, die Haffs/Haffe

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⁴ usage seldom

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