German adjective · CEFR A2
halben
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 halbe.
Example
Ich warte schon seit einer halben Stunde.
I've been waiting for half an hour.
How common is halben?
halben is number 3,425 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 25 times per million words — about once every 40,000 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
- 3,421Smartsmart (in Smart Home, Smart TV)
- 3,422Ursachencauses
- 3,423trafenmet (past tense, plural)
- 3,424hoheshigh (neuter)
- 3,425halbenhalf
- 3,426die Energiewendeenergy transition (to renewables)
- 3,427die Krankenkassehealth insurance fund
- 3,428beliebtenpopular
- 3,429entschieddecided
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#3,425
- The most common German adjectives#579
- German A2 vocabulary#733
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.