Anhalt

American  

[ahn-hahlt] / ˈɑn hɑlt /

noun

1. a former state in central Germany, now part of Saxony-Anhalt.

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Anhalt British  

/ ˈanhalt /

noun

1. a former duchy and state of central E Germany, now part of the state of Saxony-Anhalt: part of East Germany until 1990

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Example Sentences

“When panic hits and uncertainty is high, everyone wants to have it,” says Anhalt, who works for a pharmaceutical company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

The former officer, Edsaul Mendoza, 28, also pleaded guilty to possession of an instrument of crime in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County before Judge Diana Anhalt, court records show.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2024

But in reality, before moving to Portugal, he had been living in a caravan in the state of Saxony Anhalt.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2023

“Investing in a future that’s uncertain is tough,” said Emily Anhalt, a clinical psychologist and co-founder of mental health startup Coa.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2022

The King was then playing at a Game with Tables call'd Tick-tack, the Prince of Anhalt Velt-Marshal, and several other Generals and Officers being present.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von