This is the 3272nd most frequent Dutch word.
halverwege
"Halverwege" means "halfway" in English.
Here, 'halverwege' is used to indicate 'halfway' or 'at the midway point' in the context of progress in a physical journey.
We zijn halverwege de reis gestopt om te lunchen.
We stopped halfway through the trip to have lunch.
In this sentence, 'halverwege' refers to 'in the middle of' a temporal segment, specifically the night.
Het boek was zo spannend dat ik halverwege de nacht bleef lezen.
The book was so exciting that I kept reading halfway through the night.
'Halverwege' here is used spatially to describe the position that is at the midpoint of the ascent of the hill.