anstelle

German

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From an (“in, at”) +‎ Stelle (“place, stead”).

Preposition

anstelle [with genitive; or with von (+ dative)]

  1. instead of, in place of
    In bildlichen Darstellungen erscheint Tages mit zwei Schlangen anstelle seiner Beine.
    In graphic renderings Tages appears with two snakes instead of [his] legs.

Etymology 2

Verb

anstelle

  1. inflection of anstellen:
    1. first-person singular dependent present
    2. first/third-person singular dependent subjunctive I

Further reading

  • “anstelle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “anstelle” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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