Polyglot Dictionary

halb

/halp/

adjective, adverb A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

adje Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. half

    Also how German tells time on the half-hour: "halb acht" means 7:30 — half of the way TO eight, not half past seven — a frequent stumbling block for learners.

    • Es ist halb acht.

      It's half past seven.

Similar words

lückenhaft

Close, figuratively — incomplete and half both relate to partial completeness.

unvollständig

Close, near-synonym for "incomplete, half."

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

meio

meio is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "half."

Portuguese

metade

metade is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "half."

Practice

1 What does halb mean?

2 Fill the gap: Es ist ___ acht.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches halb?

See also

adjectiveadverbcore-vocabularytime

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