halb
See also: halb-
Estonian
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 2 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "fiu-fin-pro" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., from Proto-Germanic *salwaz. Cognates include Finnish halpa (“cheap”), more distantly English sallow.
Adjective
halb (genitive halva, partitive halba, comparative halvam, superlative kõige halvam)
Declension
Lua error in Module:et-nominals at line 58: Parameter 4 (final letter(s)) may not be empty.
German
Etymology
From Old High German halb, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz. Compare Dutch half, English half, Danish halv.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adjective
halb (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.“ [accusative neuter of the strong declension]
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Adverb
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.
See also
Further reading
Categories:
- Estonian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian adjectives
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German adjectives
- German uncomparable adjectives
- German terms with usage examples
- German adverbs