Pooltundi

Pooltundi is a term sometimes used to refer to a period of approximately thirty minutes, often in the context of a schedule or a specific activity. The word itself is a combination of "pool" meaning half and "tund" meaning hour, originating from the Estonian language. It is not a formal or precisely defined unit of time but rather a colloquial expression indicating a duration of about half an hour.

This phrase might appear when discussing the timing of events, such as a meeting that will last a pooltundi, or a break that will be a pooltundi long. It can also be used in personal conversation to estimate the time needed for a task or the duration of a journey. The exact length of a pooltundi can be flexible, depending on the context and the speaker's intent, but it generally implies a relatively short period of time. It is understood by speakers of languages where such compound words are common, particularly in Northern Europe.