Hälfte
German
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Etymology
From Middle Low German helfte, derived from half (“half”). The form entered Early Modern German via Central German. Equivalent to halb (“half”) + -te. The alternation -b- ↔ -ft- has not been levelled, probably because the same alternation occurs also—for different reasons—in native High German words (compare schreiben ↔ Schrift). Cognate with Dutch helft.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛlftə/
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Noun
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- half; fifty percent of something
- Jeder von uns kriegt die Hälfte.
- Each of us gets half.
- half, share; any of two correlating pieces, whatever the size
- Ich will die größere Hälfte!
- I want the bigger half!
- (chiefly informal) middle; the virtual line where two equal halves meet
- Hier ist die Hälfte vom Spielfeld.
- This is the middle of the pitch.
Declension
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “Hälfte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Hälfte” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Hälfte” in Duden online
- Hälfte on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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