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Swedish
Noun
halvkvart c (a compound of halv (“half”) + kvart (“quarter”).)
- (rare) a half-quarter (7½ minutes if referred to a half-quarter of an hour); an eighth (when referring to one of eight equal parts of something else than that of an hour, normally used in genitive: halvkvarts or halv kvarts)
- Synonym: (most common) åttondel
Japan har omkring en halvkvarts miljard invånare.- Japan has around an eighth of a billion inhabitants.
Det avgår ett tåg varje halvkvart under dagtid.- One train departs every 7½ minutes in daytime.
- (nonstandard) eighth final
- Synonyms: (nonstandard) halvkvartsfinal, (most common) åttondelsfinal
Declension