"halb zwei" (half two) in German is to be understood as "one half of the second hour has passed". There are actually regions that use terms like "dreiviertel z

"halb zwei" (half two) in German is to be understood as "one half of the second hour has passed". There are actually regions that use terms like "dreiviertel zwei" (three fourths of two) to indicate 01:45 and "viertel zwei" (one fourth of two) to indicate 01:15. Especially the latter confuses people from other parts of Germany, because regular high German uses the terms "viertel vor zwei" (a quarter to two) and "viertel nach zwei" (a quarter past two).