German adjective · CEFR A2
halbe
Meaning in English: half
This is a form of halb, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own — its other forms in the list are halben.
Example
Ich habe schon eine halbe Pizza gegessen.
I've already eaten half a pizza.
How common is halbe?
halbe is number 3,621 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 23 times per million words — about once every 43,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 3,617vorliegendenpresent, available, at hand
- 3,618die Hinsichtrespect, regard
- 3,619der Radfahrercyclist
- 3,620bezeichnetecalled, described (as)
- 3,621halbehalf
- 3,622gebildetformed; educated
- 3,623die Pressepress
- 3,624einbringento contribute, to bring in
- 3,625beiderof both (genitive)
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,621
- The most common German adjectives#620
- German A2 vocabulary#768
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