Interjection / Adverb
halt
Pronunciation: /halt/
Indicating that something is generally known, or cannot be changed, or the like; often untranslatable; so, just, simply, indeed, well
B1
rank #262
Meanings
Interjection
- stop!, wait!
Adverb
- Indicating that something is generally known, or cannot be changed, or the like; often untranslatable; so, just, simply, indeed, well
Example sentence
Dann müssen wir halt den nächsten Zug nehmen.
Then we'll just have to take the next train.
Usage
- Das ist halt so. — That is just how it is; conversational resignation
- halt / Halt! — a conversational particle / the command Stop!
Der Bus fährt halt nur einmal pro Stunde.
The bus just runs once an hour.
Not the word you meant? See also der Halt (Noun).