English-German translations for half

  • halb
    Ist das Glas halb voll oder halb leer? Is the glass half full or half empty? Das Glas kann halb voll oder halb leer sein. The glass can be half full or half empty. Eine halbe Stunde darauf zu warten, könnte tragischerweise schon eine halbe Stunde zu spät sein. Waiting half an hour could, tragically, be half an hour too long.
  • Hälftedie
    Die Hälfte der Mitgliedstaaten, also die Hälfte bezüglich des Maßstabs, nutzt Kernenergie. Half the Member States, half in terms of scale, use nuclear energy. Heute importiert es mehr als die Hälfte. Today, it imports more than half. Wir haben weniger als die Hälfte. We are coming with less than half.
  • Seitedie
    Doch das ist nur eine Seite der Medaille. But this is only half the story. Selbstverständlich stimmt das, was ich sage, aber das ist nur eine Seite der Medaille. Of course, what I am saying is true, but it is only half the story.

Definition of half

  • Consisting of a half (, 50%
  • Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect
  • Having one parent in common
  • Related through one common grandparent or ancestor rather than two
  • In two equal parts or to an equal degree
  • Partially; imperfectly
  • One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided
  • Half of a standard measure; frequently used for half a pint of beer or cider
  • The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2
  • Part; side; behalf
  • Any of the three terms at , for Michaelmas, Lent, and summer
  • A child ticket
  • To halve
  • A half-hour after, thirty minutes after

Examples

  • a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view
  • a half dream; half knowledge
  • half-colored; half done; half-hearted; half persuaded; half conscious
  • He does sometimes half wish to change his life, but it is too difficult.
  • Im half the man I used to be. / Youre half the man hell ever be.
  • I ate the slightly smaller half of the apple.
  • You dont know the half of it.
  • Three-quarters minus a quarter is a half.
  • half one
  • half past one, 1:30

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