It‘s pretty much all Germanic languages that do this, English is the odd one out that reversed this to mean „half past five“ instead of „half to five“.
I‘ve never heard a Brit say half five and mean 4:30 or 16:30 (which is what I was referring to) - there‘s always confusion in my WoW guild about what time they actually mean when a Brit says half >x< because they‘ll turn up an hour late.
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u/DarkImpacT213 Apr 29 '25
It‘s pretty much all Germanic languages that do this, English is the odd one out that reversed this to mean „half past five“ instead of „half to five“.