halb
German, adjective[halp]
halb is spelled H-A-L-B (4 letters) and appears 46 times per million words in written German, the 1,852nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Halb is a German adjective meaning “half, halfway” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “geteilt durch zwei; die Hälfte von etwas seiend; zu 50 Prozent”.
What does halb mean in English?
adjective
- 1
half, halfway
Er ist seit einem halben Monat nicht mehr hier gewesen.
adverb
- 1
a half-hour before, thirty minutes before (used with the number of the following hour)
Wir treffen uns um halb zwei.
suffix
- 1
alternative form of -halber
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. geteilt durch zwei; die Hälfte von etwas seiend; zu 50 Prozent 2. nicht ganz, nur teilweise 3. nicht ganz das, was es einmal sein soll/wird, wenn der Vorgang dahinter weiterläuft
adverb: 1. eine halbe Stunde (ungefähr dreißig Minuten) vor der vollen Stunde
adverb: 1. auf Grund von etwas
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of halb
- halber masculine nominative singular
- halbe feminine nominative singular
- halbes neuter nominative singular
- halben genitive masculine singular
- halbem dative masculine singular
- der halbe definite includes-article masculine
- die halbe definite feminine includes-article
- das halbe definite includes-article neuter
- die halben definite includes-article nominative
- des halben definite genitive includes-article
- der halben definite feminine genitive
- dem halben dative definite includes-article
- den halben dative definite includes-article
- ½ symbol
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce halb?
- [halp]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to halb
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is halb in German?
halb appears 46 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).