Hälfte

Meaning

1. (feminine) half; fifty percent of something
2. (feminine) half, share; any of two correlating pieces, whatever the size
3. (feminine, informal) middle; the virtual line where two equal halves meet

Concepts

half

middle

moiety

side

part

gap

halfway

haploid

partly

rift

semi

splinter

crack

center

centre

chip

crevice

Synonyms

Seite

halb

Teil

Mitte

Mittel

mittelmäßig

Rille

Riss

Ritze

Splitter

Weg

🛣️

wegräumen

Halbe

zur Hälfte

halbe Anzahl

einhalb

durchschnittlich

halbe Menge

halber Weg

Halbzeit

Hilfsmittel

Translations

metà

moitié

mitad

helft

metade

medio

meitat

dimidium

mezzo

yarı

μισό

demi

half

نصف

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

helfti

Zürich

helfti

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɛlftə/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: helft

In summary

From Middle Low German helfte, derived from half (“half”). The form entered Early Modern German via Central German. Equivalent to halb (“half”) + -te. The alternation -b- ↔ -ft- has not been levelled, probably because the same alternation occurs also—for different reasons—in native High German words (compare schreiben ↔ Schrift). Cognate with Dutch helft.