Halbbildung
German, noun[ˈhalpˌbɪldʊŋ]
Halbbildung is spelled H-A-L-B-B-I-L-D-U-N-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written German, the 362,108th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Halbbildung is a German feminine noun meaning “semiliteracy, smattering of knowledge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unzureichende, oberflächliche Bildung”.
What does Halbbildung mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatoryfemininesemiliteracy, smattering of knowledge
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unzureichende, oberflächliche Bildung
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Halbbildung?
- [ˈhalpˌbɪldʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Halbbildung in German?
Halbbildung appears about once in every 37 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).