German Conversation · Level 18
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German word
Hälfte
Pronunciation
IPA/ˈhɛlftə/
Meaning
- feminine nounhalf
Example
Ich habe die Hälfte des Kuchens gegessen.
I ate half the cake.
More examples
Die Hälfte meiner Freunde wohnt in der Stadt.
Half of my friends live in town.
Core concept
A whole cake is cut through its center, with one of the two equal pieces set aside as the Hälfte.
Common phrases
die Hälfte von uns
half of us
die Hälfte der Zeit
half the time
Similar words
Teil: A portion of a larger whole, without specifying its size.
Anteil: A share or proportion of a whole assigned to someone or something.
Viertel: An amount or number equal to one of four equal parts of a whole.
Drittel: An amount or number equal to one of three equal parts of a whole.
Definition in German
Hälfte bezeichnet die Menge oder Anzahl, die genau zur Hälfte eines Ganzen gehört.
Word origin
Hälfte comes through Middle High German hëlfte from Old High German halba and is related to English half through a common Germanic ancestor.
Usage tips
- Hälfte is feminine, with the forms die Hälfte and the plural die Hälften; amounts commonly use die Hälfte des Kuchens or die Hälfte von dem Kuchen.