Feminine
Hälfte
Meaning
- (feminine) half; fifty percent of something
- (feminine) half, share; any of two correlating pieces, whatever the size
- (feminine,informal) middle; the virtual line where two equal halves meet
Concepts
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Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
helfti
Zürich
helfti
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhɛlftə/
Etymology
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.
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