Halbzeit

== German == === Etymology === From halb (“half”) +‎ Zeit (“time”), after English half-time. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhalpˌtsaɪ̯t/ === Noun === Halbzeit f (genitive Halbzeit, plural Halbzeiten) (sports) half (one of two equally long periods of a match) Synonyms: Hälfte, Spielhälfte, Spielabschnitt (sports) half time (the interval between these periods) Synonyms: Pause, Halbzeitpause ==== Usage notes ==== The two senses are rarely confusable because there are two halves and only one half-time. So the latter is simply die Halbzeit, while the former sense will occur as eine Halbzeit (“one half”), diese Halbzeit (“this half”), die zweite Halbzeit (“the second half”), and so on. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Halbzeitanalyse Halbzeitpause Halbzeitstand === Further reading === “Halbzeit” in Duden online “Halbzeit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache