hälft

See also: halft

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse helft, from Proto-Germanic *halbiþō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛlft/
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Noun

hälft c

  1. half, one of two roughly equal parts
    Synonym: halva
    De fick var sin hälft av apelsinen
    They got one half of the orange each
    En melon skuren i två hälfter
    A melon cut into two halves
  2. (definite) half (usually of an amount or quantity)
    hälften av 10 är 5
    [the] half of 10 is 5
    Han vägde bara hälften så mycket som sin tvilling­syster
    He weighed only [the] half as much as his twin-sister

Declension

Declension of hälft
nominative genitive
singular indefinite hälft hälfts
definite hälften hälftens
plural indefinite hälfter hälfters
definite hälfterna hälfternas

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