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German
Pronunciation
Adjective
halber
- inflection of halb:
- strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- strong genitive/dative feminine singular
- strong genitive plural
Adverb
halber
- (regional or archaic) a half-hour before, thirty minutes before (used with the number of the following hour)
- Synonym: halb
- Wir treffen uns um halber zwei. ― We’re meeting at one-thirty.
See also
Postposition
halber
- for the sake of.
der Vollständigkeit halber- for the sake of completeness
Further reading
- “halber” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “halber” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon