Halbkugel

German

Etymology

halb (“half”) +‎ Kugel (“sphere”), a calque of New Latin hemisphaerium, attested in scientific or technical literature from ca. the 1790s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhalpˌkuːɡl̩/
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  • Hyphenation: Halb‧ku‧gel

Noun

Halbkugel f (genitive Halbkugel, plural Halbkugeln)

  1. hemisphere, half of any sphere

Declension

Declension of Halbkugel [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Halbkugel die Halbkugeln
genitive einer der Halbkugel der Halbkugeln
dative einer der Halbkugel den Halbkugeln
accusative eine die Halbkugel die Halbkugeln

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