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halb

adj ·
Etymology

From Middle High German halp, from Old High German halb, from Proto-West Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz. Compare Dutch half, English half, Danish halv.

Translation

  1. half, halfway not-comparable

    Er ist seit einem halben Monat nicht mehr hier gewesen.

    He hasn’t been here for half a month.

    Die werden halb Frankreich alarmiert haben. (please add an English translation of this quotation) accusative neuter of the strong declension

    Der Unterricht fängt erst um halb neun an.

    Class doesn't begin until eight-thirty.

  2. half source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
  3. half source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
  4. semi- source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
  5. half /hf/; halfway source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en

halb

adv ·
Etymology

From Middle High German halp, from Old High German halb, from Proto-West Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz. Compare Dutch half, English half, Danish halv.

Translation

  1. a half-hour before, thirty minutes before (used with the number of the following hour)

    Wir treffen uns um halb zwei.

    We’re meeting at one-thirty.

halb

noun ·

Translation

  1. half source:wikdict-en-de-stardict