halvkvart

Swedish

Noun

halvkvart c (a compound of halv (“half”) +‎ kvart (“quarter”).)

  1. (rare) a half-quarter (7½ minutes 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 an eighth of a billion inhabitants.
    Det avgår ett tåg varje halvkvart under dagtid.
    One train departs every 7½ minutes in daytime.
  2. (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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