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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, comparative halvem, superlative kõige halvem or halvim)

  1. bad
    Antonym: hea

Declension

More information Declension of (ÕS type 22u/leib, b-v gradation), singular ...
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German

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.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

halb (strong nominative masculine singular halber, 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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      accusative neuter of the strong declension

Declension

Derived terms

Adverb

halb

  1. a half-hour before, thirty minutes before (used with the number of the following hour)
    Synonym: (regional or archaic) halber
    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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