No. 3,272 in Dutch
halverwege
"Halverwege" means "halfway" in English.
In a sentence
We zijn halverwege de reis gestopt om te lunchen.
We stopped halfway through the trip to have lunch.
Here, 'halverwege' is used to indicate 'halfway' or 'at the midway point' in the context of progress in a physical journey.
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.
In this sentence, 'halverwege' refers to 'in the middle of' a temporal segment, specifically the night.
De boom staat halverwege de heuvel, niet helemaal bovenaan.
The tree is located halfway up the hill, not at the top.
'Halverwege' here is used spatially to describe the position that is at the midpoint of the ascent of the hill.
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