Halbkugel
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Etymology
halb (“half”) + Kugel (“sphere”), a calque of New Latin hemisphaerium, attested in scientific or technical literature from ca. the 1790s.
Pronunciation
Noun
Halbkugel f (genitive Halbkugel, plural Halbkugeln)
- hemisphere, half of any sphere
Declension
Declension of Halbkugel [feminine]
Synonyms
- (half of the Earth): Hemisphäre
Further reading
- “Halbkugel” in Duden online
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