halb

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

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

1. bad

   Antonym: hea

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From Middle High German halp, from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-West Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz. Compare Dutch half, English half, Danish halv.

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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

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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)

• dreiviertel
• viertel

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