“Halb” is only for 30 on the dot. 12:25 is “5 vor halb 1”, 12:35 is “5 nach halb 1”
At least for my region it is correct. You say viertel (quarter) nach/vor 12 (12:15/11:45), zwanzig nach/vor 12 (12:20/11:40) but 5 nach/vor halb 12 (11:35/11:25).
However i would never say sth like 8 nach halb 1 (12:38) there you would rather say “12 uhr 38”.
So the concept is rather used for 5min intervals.
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“Halb” is only for 30 on the dot. 12:25 is “5 vor halb 1”, 12:35 is “5 nach halb 1”
At least for my region it is correct. You say viertel (quarter) nach/vor 12 (12:15/11:45), zwanzig nach/vor 12 (12:20/11:40) but 5 nach/vor halb 12 (11:35/11:25).
However i would never say sth like 8 nach halb 1 (12:38) there you would rather say “12 uhr 38”.
So the concept is rather used for 5min intervals.
seems right