halt.
stop!, wait!
Meaning & usage
stop!, wait!
Where this word comes from
From the verb halten (“to hold; to stop”).
Indicating that something is generally known, or cannot be changed, or the like; often untranslatable; so, just, simply, indeed, well
Er ist halt ein Idiot.
Dann müssen wir halt härter arbeiten.
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German halt, pertaining to Old High German halto (“soon, fast”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *haldiz (related to *halþaz (“inclined”)), an adverbial comparative like *batiz.
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