Hälfte

Etymology
From, derived from. The form entered Early Modern German via Central German. Equivalent to. The alternation -b- ↔ -ft- has not been levelled, probably because the same alternation occurs also—for different reasons—in native High German words (compare ↔ ). Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) half; fifty percent of something
 * 2) half, share; any of two correlating pieces, whatever the size
 * 3)  middle; the virtual line where two equal halves meet
 * 1)  middle; the virtual line where two equal halves meet
 * 1)  middle; the virtual line where two equal halves meet