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German
Etymology
From Middle High German *halpgot, from Old High German halbgot. Equivalent to halb + Gott.
Pronunciation
Noun
Halbgott m (strong, genitive Halbgottes or Halbgotts, plural Halbgötter, feminine Halbgöttin)
- demigod
- Synonym: Göttersohn
1776, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, edited by Georg Witkowski, Laokoon: oder über die Grenzen der Mahlerey und Poesie (Lessings Werke; 4), Leipzig und Wien, published 1911, page 51:Überhaupt aber muß man bei der Vergleichung des leidenden Herkules mit dem leidenden Philoktet nicht vergessen, daß jener ein Halbgott, und dieser nur ein Mensch ist.- But generally you must not forget when comparing the suffering Hercules with the suffering Philoctet, that the first one is a demigod and the second one just a man.
1856, Christian Friedrich Hebbel, Gyges und sein Ring, act 1:Wem mehr / Als Menschenkraft beschieden ist, der wird / Als Halbgott gleich geboren!- He who has been granted more than human strength, is straightaway born as a demigod!
- Ellipsis of Halbgott in Weiß.
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