halb

== Estonian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *halpa, from Proto-Germanic *salwaz. Cognates include Finnish halpa (“cheap”), more distantly English sallow. === Adjective === halb (genitive halva, partitive halba, comparative halvem, superlative kõige halvem or halvim) bad Antonym: hea ==== Declension ==== == German == === Etymology === 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 === === Adjective === halb (strong nominative masculine singular halber, not comparable) half, halfway 2013, Frederick Forsyth, translated from English by Tom Knoth, Der Schakal. Thriller, Piper Verlag: ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Hälfte === Adverb === halb a half-hour before, thirty minutes before (used with the number of the following hour) Synonym: (regional or archaic) halber ==== See also ==== dreiviertel viertel === Further reading === “halb” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “halb” in Duden online