Halbinsel

German

Halbinsel

Etymology

halb (half) + Insel (island), a calque of Latin paenīnsula. Compare Danish halvø, Low German Halfinsel, Norwegian Bokmål halvøy, Swedish halvö, Yiddish האַלבאינדזל (halbindzl)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhalpʔɪnzl/
  • (file)

Noun

Halbinsel f (genitive Halbinsel, plural Halbinseln)

  1. peninsula

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Halbinsel” in Duden online
  • Halbinsel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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