German

Proper noun

Halver n ‎(genitive Halvers)

1. A town in the Sauerland of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

English

Noun

halver ‎(plural halvers)

1. a fisherman who places a net to catch fish in the retreating tide
2. (plural only) sharing in halves

   Let's go halvers on the tab tonight.

Quotations

sharing

• 1816:like a Scotch schoolboy when he finds anything, "Nae halvers and quarters--hale o' mine ain and 'nane o' my neighbour's." — Sir Walter Scott, The Antiquary, Vol.2, 1816

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

halver m, f

1. indefinite plural of halve

Verb

halver

1. imperative of halvere

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

halver f

1. indefinite plural of halve

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse halfr, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz.

Adjective

halver

1. half

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: halv