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halb

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Estonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *halpa, from Proto-Germanic *salwaz. Cognates include Finnish halpa (cheap), more distantly English sallow.

Adjective

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halb (genitive halva, partitive halba, comparative halvem, superlative kõige halvem or halvim)

  1. bad
    Antonym: hea

Declension

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Declension of halb (ÕS type 22u/leib, b-v gradation)
singular plural
nominative halb halvad
accusative nom.
gen. halva
genitive halbade
partitive halba halbu
halbasid
illative halba
halvasse
halbadesse
halvusse
inessive halvas halbades
halvus
elative halvast halbadest
halvust
allative halvale halbadele
halvule
adessive halval halbadel
halvul
ablative halvalt halbadelt
halvult
translative halvaks halbadeks
halvuks
terminative halvani halbadeni
essive halvana halbadena
abessive halvata halbadeta
comitative halvaga halbadega

German

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Etymology

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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

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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

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Derived terms

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Adverb

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halb

  1. 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.
    Synonym: halber (regional or archaic)

See also

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Further reading

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  • halb” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • halb” in Duden online