Halberstadt

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Halberstadt.

Proper noun

Halberstadt (countable and uncountable, plural Halberstadts)

1. A town, the administrative seat of Harz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
2. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Halberstadt is the 38640^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 572 individuals. Halberstadt is most common among White (98.43%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Halberstadt”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 115.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhalbɐˌʃtat/

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• Hyphenation: Hal‧ber‧stadt

Proper noun

Halberstadt n (proper noun, genitive Halberstadts or (optionally with an article) Halberstadt)

1. A town, the administrative seat of Harz district, Saxony-Anhalt