Halbkugel
German
Etymology
halb (“half”) + Kugel (“sphere”), a loan translation of Latin hemisphaerium, attested in scientific or technical literature from ca. the 1790s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhalpˌkuːɡl̩/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Halb‧ku‧gel
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 |
Synonyms
- (half of the Earth): Hemisphäre
Further reading
- “Halbkugel” in Duden online
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