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halbfertig

German, adjective/ˈhalpˌfɛʁtɪç/

halbfertig is a German adjective meaning “half-finished” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht vollständig fertig, nur zum Teil fertig”.

What does halbfertig mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    half-finished

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. nicht vollständig fertig, nur zum Teil fertig

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 halbfertig

  • halbfertiger masculine nominative singular
  • halbfertige feminine nominative singular
  • halbfertiges neuter nominative singular
  • halbfertigen genitive masculine singular
  • halbfertigem dative masculine singular
  • der halbfertige definite includes-article masculine
  • die halbfertige definite feminine includes-article
  • das halbfertige definite includes-article neuter
  • die halbfertigen definite includes-article nominative
  • des halbfertigen definite genitive includes-article
  • der halbfertigen definite feminine genitive
  • dem halbfertigen dative definite includes-article
  • den halbfertigen dative definite includes-article
  • halb fertig alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce halbfertig?

  • /ˈhalpˌfɛʁtɪç/
  • /-ˌfɛʁtɪk/
  • [ˈhalpˌfɛʁtɪç]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is halbfertig in German?

halbfertig appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).