die Hälfte des Jahres

English translation: (when it is still dark for) half the year

13:46 Nov 21, 2005
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - Linguistics
German term or phrase: die Hälfte des Jahres
Moregen um halb sieben, wenn es die häfte des Jahres noch dunkel ist und die meisten aus dem Jungendkeller ihren Rausch ausschlafen, steht Lothar an der Bushhaltestelle.

Thank you in advance!
Jianming Sun
Local time: 12:16
English translation:(when it is still dark for) half the year
Explanation:
:)

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should be "Hälfte" I would say .....

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2002-09-06 01:38 UTC It's only my timezone for half the year... Simon Willison
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David Hollywood
Local time: 01:16
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5 +4(when it is still dark for) half the year
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
die häfte des Jahres
(when it is still dark for) half the year


Explanation:
:)

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Note added at 2 mins (2005-11-21 13:49:03 GMT)
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should be "Hälfte" I would say .....

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Note added at 3 mins (2005-11-21 13:50:10 GMT)
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2002-09-06 01:38 UTC It's only my timezone for half the year... Simon Willison
links to a post by Adrian Holovaty asking what to do about time zones on Web ...
ln.hixie.ch/?start=1031276298&count=1 - 11k - Cached - Similar pages


David Hollywood
Local time: 01:16
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 25
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ingo Dierkschnieder: Yep, typo for Hälfte.
5 mins
  -> danke Ingo :)

agree  Steffen Walter
6 mins
  -> danke Steffen :)

agree  John Owen
9 mins
  -> thx John :)

agree  Kim Metzger: I remember that as a child growing up in Alaska.
44 mins
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