Polyglot Dictionary

Halbbruder

/ˈhalpˌbʁuːdɐ/

der noun B1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Halbbrüder

Meaning

  1. half-brother

    Built from halb (half) + Bruder (brother).

    • Mein Halbbruder lebt in Köln.

      My half-brother lives in Cologne.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • halb half
  • Bruder brother

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

demi-frère

demi-frère is the French word for the same thing — both mean "half-brother."

Practice

1 What does Halbbruder mean?

2 Fill the gap: Mein ___ lebt in Köln.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Halbbruder?

nouncompound

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