halb

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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

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

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

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.