No. 525 in Dutch
halve
"Halve" in Dutch means "half" in English.
In a sentence
We eten een halve pizza als lunch.
We eat a half pizza as lunch.
In this sentence, 'halve' is used as an adjective to describe the portion of pizza being eaten.
De wedstrijd duurde anderhalve dag.
The match lasted one and a half days.
Here, 'anderhalve' is a numerical expression indicating one and a half units of time.
Hij heeft geen halve maatregelen genomen.
He did not take half measures.
In this idiomatic expression, 'halve' colloquially represents incomplete actions or measures.
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