Halbheit

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German

Etymology

halb (half) +‎ -heit

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Noun

Halbheit f (genitive Halbheit, plural Halbheiten)

  1. 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!
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