anderthalb
German, number/andərthalb/
anderthalb is spelled A-N-D-E-R-T-H-A-L-B (10 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written German, the 10,826th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anderthalb is a German number meaning “one and a half (1+¹⁄₂), sesqui-” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einundeinhalb, ein und ein Halbes”.
What does anderthalb mean in English?
number
- 1
one and a half (1+¹⁄₂), sesqui-
In den vergangenen anderthalb Jahren haben wir also schon einiges erreicht.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
number: 1. einundeinhalb, ein und ein Halbes
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce anderthalb?
- /andərthalb/
- [ˈɑndɐtʰˈhɑlpʰ]
- [ˈandɐtʰˈhalpʰ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is anderthalb in German?
anderthalb appears 5.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).