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halbleer

German, adjective[ˈhalpˌleːɐ̯]

halbleer is spelled H-A-L-B-L-E-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written German, the 222,832nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Halbleer is a German adjective meaning “half empty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zur Hälfte leer, geleert”.

What does halbleer mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    half empty

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. zur Hälfte leer, geleert

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 halbleer

  • halbleerer masculine nominative singular
  • halbleere feminine nominative singular
  • halbleeres neuter nominative singular
  • halbleeren genitive masculine singular
  • halbleerem dative masculine singular
  • der halbleere definite includes-article masculine
  • die halbleere definite feminine includes-article
  • das halbleere definite includes-article neuter
  • die halbleeren definite includes-article nominative
  • des halbleeren definite genitive includes-article
  • der halbleeren definite feminine genitive
  • dem halbleeren dative definite includes-article
  • den halbleeren dative definite includes-article
  • halb leer alternative

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

How do you pronounce halbleer?

  • [ˈhalpˌleːɐ̯]

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

How common is halbleer in German?

halbleer appears about once in every 16 million words in written German.

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

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