halbseiden
German, adjective/ˈhalpˌzaɪ̯dn̩/
halbseiden is spelled H-A-L-B-S-E-I-D-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written German, the 412,295th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Halbseiden is a German adjective meaning “partially silken” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “aus Halbseide bestehend”.
What does halbseiden mean in English?
adjective
- 1
partially silken
- 2
datedderogatorydoubtful, questionable, iffy, shady, seedy
- 3
obsoletehomosexual
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. aus Halbseide bestehend 2. bei äußerlicher Wahrung einiger gesellschaftlicher Konventionen nicht seriös, (moralisch) zweifelhaft; abgeschwächt auch: gewollt seriös/vornehm 3. homosexuell
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 halbseiden
- halbseidener masculine nominative singular
- halbseidene feminine nominative singular
- halbseidenes neuter nominative singular
- halbseidenen genitive masculine singular
- halbseidenem dative masculine singular
- der halbseidene definite includes-article masculine
- die halbseidene definite feminine includes-article
- das halbseidene definite includes-article neuter
- die halbseidenen definite includes-article nominative
- des halbseidenen definite genitive includes-article
- der halbseidenen definite feminine genitive
- dem halbseidenen dative definite includes-article
- den halbseidenen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce halbseiden?
- /ˈhalpˌzaɪ̯dn̩/
- [ˈhalpˌzaɪ̯dn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is halbseiden in German?
halbseiden appears about once in every 47 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).