3 ms·What does 51/2 mean?by bagels 2y agoWhat does 51/2 mean?01HNNWZ0MV43FF 2y agoMaybe they meant 5.5 years old I see a lot of European languages will say "I have X years" where English says "I am X years old". French at leastusrusr 2y agoSpecifying the unit for human age feels a bit formal in German. The unitless number is colloquially used like an adjective: "I am X".bagels 2y agoThanks, that makes a lot of sense in context.