Halbkreis
German, noun/ˈhalpˌkʁaɪ̯s/
Halbkreis is spelled H-A-L-B-K-R-E-I-S (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 53,554th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Halbkreis is a German masculine noun meaning “semicircle (half of a circle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch den Durchmesser begrenzte Hälfte eines Kreises”.
What does Halbkreis mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesemicircle (half of a circle)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. durch den Durchmesser begrenzte Hälfte eines Kreises
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 Halbkreis
- Halbkreises genitive
- Halbkreise plural
- Halbkreisen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Halbkreis?
- /ˈhalpˌkʁaɪ̯s/
- [ˈhalpˌkʁaɪ̯s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Halbkreis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Halbkreis in German?
Halbkreis appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).