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German
Etymology
halb (“half”) + Schlaf (“sleep”)
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: Halb‧schlaf
Noun
Halbschlaf m (strong, genitive Halbschlafes or Halbschlafs, no plural)
- doze (The state of being half asleep.)
- 1913, Fanny zu Reventlow, Herrn Dames Aufzeichnungen, Albert Langen, page 97:
Ermattet legt sie sich auf die Polster in die Nähe des Ofens, schließt die Augen und scheint in eine Art Halbschlaf zu versinken.- Exhausted, she lies down on the cushions next to the stove, closes the eyes and seems to sink into a kind of doze.
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