halbwegs
German, adverb[ˈhalpveːks]
halbwegs is spelled H-A-L-B-W-E-G-S (8 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written German, the 9,162nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Halbwegs is a German adverb meaning “halfway, at the halfway point” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf halbem Weg (zwischen zwei Punkten)”.
What does halbwegs mean in English?
adverb
- 1
datedhalfway, at the halfway point
- 2
informalreasonably, halfway, somewhat (not fully, but to an acceptable or appreciable degree)
Nachmittags hat sich der Wind halbwegs gelegt.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. auf halbem Weg (zwischen zwei Punkten) 2. im gerade ausreichenden Maß, jedoch nicht vollständig oder zur vollen Zufriedenheit
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce halbwegs?
- [ˈhalpveːks]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to halbwegs
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is halbwegs in German?
halbwegs appears 7.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).