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