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/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Halb‧ku‧gel
Noun
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- hemisphere, half of any sphere
Declension
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Synonyms
- (half of the Earth): Hemisphäre
Further reading
- “Halbkugel” in Duden online
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