halb

See also: halb-

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *halpa, from Proto-Germanic *salwaz. Cognates include Finnish halpa (cheap), more distantly English sallow.

Adjective

halb (genitive halva, partitive halba)

  1. bad
    Antonym: hea

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.


German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

halb (not comparable)

  1. half, halfway
    Er ist seit einem halben Monat nicht mehr hier gewesen.
    He hasn’t been here for half a month.
    • 2013, Frederick Forsyth, translated from English by Tom Knoth, Der Schakal. Thriller, Piper Verlag:
      Die werden halb Frankreich alarmiert haben.“ [accusative neuter of the strong declension]

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Derived terms

Adverb

halb

  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.

See also

Further reading

  • halb” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • halb in Duden online
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