half-mast

unzählbar

A position on a mast or flagpole that is lower than the top, used as a sign of mourning or to indicate a state of distress.

• 🇩🇪Position einer Flagge auf halber Höhe des Mastes oder Flaggenstocks, die als Zeichen der Trauer oder als Notsignal dient.

1. Flag position for mourning or distress B2 formal

   A position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered as a sign of mourning or to signal distress.

   • The flag was flown at half-mast after the president's death.
   • They lowered the flag to half-mast to honor the fallen soldiers.
   • The ship's flag was at half-mast, indicating a state of emergency.

   🇩🇪Flaggen auf halbmast

   Synonyme: half-staff

• half-masts plural form
• half-masts' possessive plural form
• half-mast's possessive singular form