Hälfte
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German[edit]
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| Cardinal: zwei Ordinal: zweite Sequence adverb: zweitens Ordinal abbreviation: 2. Adverbial: zweimal Adverbial abbreviation: 2-mal Multiplier: zweifach Multiplier abbreviation: 2-fach Fractional: Hälfte | ||
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle Low German helfte, derived from half (“half”). The form entered Early Modern German via Central German. Equivalent to halb (“half”) + -te. The alternation -b- ↔ -ft- has not been levelled, probably because the same alternation occurs also—for different reasons—in native High German words (compare schreiben ↔ Schrift). Cognate with Dutch helft.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Hälfte f (genitive Hälfte, plural Hälften)
- half; fifty percent of something
- Jeder von uns kriegt die Hälfte.
- Each of us gets half.
- half, share; any of two correlating pieces, whatever the size
- Ich will die größere Hälfte!
- I want the bigger half!
- (chiefly informal) middle; the virtual line where two equal halves meet
- Hier ist die Hälfte vom Spielfeld.
- This is the middle of the pitch.
Declension[edit]
Declension of Hälfte [feminine]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “Hälfte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Hälfte” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Hälfte” in Duden online
Hälfte on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
