German

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Etymology

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From halb (half) +‎ Zeit (time), after English half-time.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhalpˌtsaɪ̯t/
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Noun

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Halbzeit f (genitive Halbzeit, plural Halbzeiten)

  1. (sports) half (one of two equally long periods of a match)
    Synonyms: Hälfte, Spielhälfte, Spielabschnitt
  2. (sports) half time (the interval between these periods)
    Synonyms: Pause, Halbzeitpause

Usage notes

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  • The two senses are rarely confusable because there are two halves and only one half-time. So the latter is simply die Halbzeit, while the former sense will occur as eine Halbzeit (one half), diese Halbzeit (this half), die zweite Halbzeit (the second half), and so on.

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Halbzeit” in Duden online
  • Halbzeit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache