halvkvart
Swedish
Noun
halvkvart c (a compound of halv (“half”) + kvart (“quarter”).)
- (rare) a half-quarter (7 and ½ minute if referred to a half-quarter of an hour); an eighth (when referring to one of eight equal parts of something else than that of an hour, normally used in genitive: halvkvarts or halv kvarts)
- Synonym: (most common) åttondel
- Japan har omkring en halvkvarts miljard invånare.
- Japan has around a half-quarter milliard inhabitants.
- Det avgår ett tåg varje halvkvart under dagtid.
- One train departs every half-quarter in daytime.
- (nonstandard) eighth final
- Synonyms: (nonstandard) halvkvartsfinal, (most common) åttondelsfinal
Declension
| Declension of halvkvart | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | halvkvart | halvkvarten | halvkvartar | halvkvartarna |
| Genitive | halvkvarts | halvkvartens | halvkvartars | halvkvartarnas |
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