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German
Etymology
halb (“half”) + -heit
Pronunciation
Noun
Halbheit f (genitive Halbheit, plural Halbheiten)
- A half-measure.
1882, Wilhelm Molitor, “Dritter Fastensonntag: Fünfte Predigt”, in Predigten für die heilige Faſtenzeit, Mainz: Franz Kirchheim, page 111:[Ü]berall ist die Halbheit verpönt, überall das Streben, sie als einen Mangel zu beseitigen!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)