halbiert

Halbiert is the past participle form of the German verb halbieren, meaning to divide or cut something into two equal parts. In English, it is often translated as “halved” or “split in two.” The term is used both as a verb form and as an adjective describing something that has been divided into two equal halves.

Halbieren is formed from the word halb “half” plus the verb suffix -ieren, characteristic of many German verbs derived from nouns. The corresponding noun for the process is Halbierung, and the resulting adjective is halbiert.

In mathematics, to halve a number means to divide it by two, producing a halved value. In cooking or everyday language, it describes slicing a fruit or object into two equal parts: “Der Apfel wurde halbiert.” The word can function as part of compound expressions such as “halbiert bleiben” (to remain halved) or “halbierte Werte” (halved values) in statistical or technical contexts.

Related terms include Hälfte (half), Halbierung (halving process), and halbieren (to halve). The concept is used across disciplines, from geometry and statistics to food preparation and biology, where halving can refer to reducing size, quantity, or scale by a factor of two.