Halbwahrheit
German, noun[ˈhalpˌvaːɐ̯haɪ̯t]
Halbwahrheit is spelled H-A-L-B-W-A-H-R-H-E-I-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 182,294th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Halbwahrheit is a German feminine noun meaning “half-truth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Aussage, die nur zum Teil der Wahrheit entspricht”.
What does Halbwahrheit mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehalf-truth
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Aussage, die nur zum Teil der Wahrheit entspricht
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 Halbwahrheit
- Halbwahrheiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Halbwahrheit?
- [ˈhalpˌvaːɐ̯haɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Halbwahrheit in German?
Halbwahrheit appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).