halbtrocken
German, adjective[ˈhalpˌtʁɔkn̩]
halbtrocken is spelled H-A-L-B-T-R-O-C-K-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 140,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Halbtrocken is a German adjective meaning “semi-sweet, medium sweet (typically, of wine)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Geschmacksrichtung eines Weines mit einem Restzuckergehalt von 12 bis 18 Gramm pro Liter, ein Wein, der…”.
What does halbtrocken mean in English?
adjective
- 1
semi-sweet, medium sweet (typically, of wine)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Geschmacksrichtung eines Weines mit einem Restzuckergehalt von 12 bis 18 Gramm pro Liter, ein Wein, der geschmacklich zwischen trocken und lieblich liegt
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 halbtrocken
- halbtrockener masculine nominative singular
- halbtrockene feminine nominative singular
- halbtrockenes neuter nominative singular
- halbtrockenen genitive masculine singular
- halbtrockenem dative masculine singular
- der halbtrockene definite includes-article masculine
- die halbtrockene definite feminine includes-article
- das halbtrockene definite includes-article neuter
- die halbtrockenen definite includes-article nominative
- des halbtrockenen definite genitive includes-article
- der halbtrockenen definite feminine genitive
- dem halbtrockenen dative definite includes-article
- den halbtrockenen dative definite includes-article
- halbtrockner positive nominative strong
- halbtrockne positive nominative strong
- halbtrocknes positive nominative strong
- halbtrocknen positive genitive strong
- halbtrocknem positive dative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce halbtrocken?
- [ˈhalpˌtʁɔkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is halbtrocken in German?
halbtrocken appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).