anstelle

Meaning

Prep

instead of, in place of

Verb

1. (dependent, first-person, form-of, present, singular) inflection of anstellen:
2. (dependent, first-person, form-of, singular, subjunctive-i, third-person) inflection of anstellen:

anstellen

1. (reflexive, weak) to queue, to line up
2. (transitive, weak) to hire, to appoint
3. (transitive, weak) to switch on, to power up, to enable
4. (transitive, weak) to get into, to be up to (trouble, mischief, etc.)
5. (colloquial, reflexive, weak) to behave
6. (colloquial, transitive, weak) to perform

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Concepts

instead of

instead

in lieu

in place of

in lieu of

Synonyms

anstatt

statt

an Stelle

für

sondern

zugunsten

statt dessen

stattdessen

anstelle von

an Stelle von

Translations

à la place de

au lieu de

en lugar de

en vez de

αντί

ao invés de

invece

in plaats van

anziché

in luogo di

in vece di

invece che

pro

Etymology

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

Sentences

Anstelle eines Kühlergrills waren sechs breite Chromleisten angebracht .

Instead of a radiator grille, six wide chrome strips were attached.

Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg wurde anstelle des Freistaates Schaumburg-Lippe das Land Niedersachsen errichtet .

After the Second World War, the state of Lower Saxony was built instead of the Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe.