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Estonian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *halpa, from Proto-Germanic *salwaz. Cognates include Finnish halpa (“cheap”), more distantly English sallow.
Adjective[edit]
halb (genitive halva, partitive halba, comparative halvem, superlative kõige halvem)
Declension[edit]
Declension of halb (type leib)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | halb | halvad |
genitive | halva | halbade |
partitive | halba | halbu / halbasid |
illative | halba / halvasse | halbadesse / halvusse |
inessive | halvas | halbades |
elative | halvast | halbadest |
allative | halvale | halbadele |
adessive | halval | halbadel |
ablative | halvalt | halbadelt |
translative | halvaks | halbadeks |
terminative | halvani | halbadeni |
essive | halvana | halbadena |
abessive | halvata | halbadeta |
comitative | halvaga | halbadega |
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Audio (file)
Adjective[edit]
halb (strong nominative masculine singular halber, not comparable)
- 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 quote)
Declension[edit]
Positive forms of halb (uncomparable)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist halb | sie ist halb | es ist halb | sie sind halb | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | halber | halbe | halbes | halbe |
genitive | halben | halber | halben | halber | |
dative | halbem | halber | halbem | halben | |
accusative | halben | halbe | halbes | halbe | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der halbe | die halbe | das halbe | die halben |
genitive | des halben | der halben | des halben | der halben | |
dative | dem halben | der halben | dem halben | den halben | |
accusative | den halben | die halbe | das halbe | die halben | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein halber | eine halbe | ein halbes | (keine) halben |
genitive | eines halben | einer halben | eines halben | (keiner) halben | |
dative | einem halben | einer halben | einem halben | (keinen) halben | |
accusative | einen halben | eine halbe | ein halbes | (keine) halben |
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Adverb[edit]
halb
- a half-hour before, thirty minutes before (used with the number of the following hour)
- Wir treffen uns um halb zwei.
- We’re meeting at one-thirty.
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