Halbkugel

German

Etymology

halb (“half”) +‎ Kugel (“sphere”), a loan translation of Latin hemisphaerium, attested in scientific or technical literature from ca. the 1790s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhalpˌkuːɡl̩/

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• Hyphenation: Halb‧ku‧gel

Noun

Halbkugel f (genitive Halbkugel, plural Halbkugeln)

1. hemisphere, half of any sphere

Synonyms

• (half of the Earth): Hemisphäre

Further reading

• “Halbkugel” in Duden online