"half" meaning in Dutch

See half in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɦɑlf/ Audio: Nl-half.ogg
Rhymes: -ɑlf Etymology: From Middle Dutch half, from Old Dutch half, from Proto-West Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz. Cognate with English half, German halb, West Frisian heal, Danish halv. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|half}} Middle Dutch half, {{inh|nl|odt|half}} Old Dutch half, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*halb}} Proto-West Germanic *halb, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*halbaz}} Proto-Germanic *halbaz, {{cog|en|half}} English half, {{cog|de|halb}} German halb, {{cog|fy|heal}} West Frisian heal, {{cog|da|halv}} Danish halv Head templates: {{nl-adj|-}} half (not comparable) Inflection templates: {{nl-decl-adj|halve|-}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], half [adverbial, positive, predicative], halve [feminine, indefinite, masculine, positive, singular], half [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], halve [indefinite, plural, positive], halve [definite, positive], halfs [partitive, positive], houf [alternative, dialectal], hauf [alternative, dialectal]
  1. half Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-half-nl-adj-oRrgZGnG Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 19 45 36
  2. (with numbers) half before the next whole Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-half-nl-adj-RFO8~V4u Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 19 45 36
  3. (with months) the middle of that month Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-half-nl-adj-M5hsX~1r Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 19 45 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "anderhalf"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "halffabricaat"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "halfgans"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "halfgevuld"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "halfgod"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "halfleeg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "halfrond"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "halfstok"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "halfvol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "halfweg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "halve marathon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "halveren"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "halverwege"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "helft"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Berbice Creole Dutch",
      "lang_code": "brc",
      "word": "halfu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Negerhollands",
      "lang_code": "dcr",
      "word": "half"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Aukan",
          "lang_code": "djk",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "aloefoe"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Saramaccan",
          "lang_code": "srm",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "háfu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Saramaccan",
          "lang_code": "srm",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "áfu"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "lang_code": "srn",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed",
        "uncertain"
      ],
      "word": "afu"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "half"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch half",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "half"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch half",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*halb"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *halb",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*halbaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *halbaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "half"
      },
      "expansion": "English half",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "halb"
      },
      "expansion": "German halb",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "heal"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian heal",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "halv"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish halv",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch half, from Old Dutch half, from Proto-West Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz.\nCognate with English half, German halb, West Frisian heal, Danish halv.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nl-decl-adj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "half",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "positive",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "halve",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "half",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "halve",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "halve",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "halfs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "houf",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hauf",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "half (not comparable)",
      "name": "nl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "half"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "halve",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "name": "nl-decl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 45 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "half"
      ],
      "id": "en-half-nl-adj-oRrgZGnG",
      "links": [
        [
          "half",
          "half#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 45 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "half past nine (i.e. half of the tenth hour)",
          "text": "half tien",
          "translation": "half past nine (i.e. half of the tenth hour)"
        },
        {
          "english": "one and a half (half before two, with ander originally meaning second)",
          "text": "anderhalf",
          "translation": "one and a half (half before two, with ander originally meaning second)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "half before the next whole"
      ],
      "id": "en-half-nl-adj-RFO8~V4u",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with numbers) half before the next whole"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with numbers"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 45 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "mid-March",
          "text": "half maart",
          "translation": "mid-March"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the middle of that month"
      ],
      "id": "en-half-nl-adj-M5hsX~1r",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with months) the middle of that month"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with months"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦɑlf/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-half.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/70/Nl-half.ogg/Nl-half.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Nl-half.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑlf"
    }
  ],
  "word": "half"
}
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    "Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
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    "Pages with entries",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "anderhalf"
    },
    {
      "word": "halffabricaat"
    },
    {
      "word": "halfgans"
    },
    {
      "word": "halfgevuld"
    },
    {
      "word": "halfgod"
    },
    {
      "word": "halfleeg"
    },
    {
      "word": "halfrond"
    },
    {
      "word": "halfstok"
    },
    {
      "word": "halfvol"
    },
    {
      "word": "halfweg"
    },
    {
      "word": "halve marathon"
    },
    {
      "word": "halveren"
    },
    {
      "word": "halverwege"
    },
    {
      "word": "helft"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
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      "lang": "Berbice Creole Dutch",
      "lang_code": "brc",
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    },
    {
      "lang": "Negerhollands",
      "lang_code": "dcr",
      "word": "half"
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    {
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        {
          "lang": "Aukan",
          "lang_code": "djk",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "aloefoe"
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        {
          "lang": "Saramaccan",
          "lang_code": "srm",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "háfu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Saramaccan",
          "lang_code": "srm",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
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          "word": "áfu"
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      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
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        "3": "half"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "half"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch half",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*halb"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *halb",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*halbaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *halbaz",
      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "half"
      },
      "expansion": "English half",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "halb"
      },
      "expansion": "German halb",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "heal"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian heal",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "halv"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish halv",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch half, from Old Dutch half, from Proto-West Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz.\nCognate with English half, German halb, West Frisian heal, Danish halv.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nl-decl-adj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "half",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "positive",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "halve",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "half",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "halve",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "halve",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "halfs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "houf",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hauf",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "half (not comparable)",
      "name": "nl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "half"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "halve",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "name": "nl-decl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "half"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "half",
          "half#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "half past nine (i.e. half of the tenth hour)",
          "text": "half tien",
          "translation": "half past nine (i.e. half of the tenth hour)"
        },
        {
          "english": "one and a half (half before two, with ander originally meaning second)",
          "text": "anderhalf",
          "translation": "one and a half (half before two, with ander originally meaning second)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "half before the next whole"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with numbers) half before the next whole"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with numbers"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "mid-March",
          "text": "half maart",
          "translation": "mid-March"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the middle of that month"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with months) the middle of that month"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with months"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦɑlf/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-half.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/70/Nl-half.ogg/Nl-half.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Nl-half.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑlf"
    }
  ],
  "word": "half"
}

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