an Stelle
[anˈʃtɛlə]
The verdict
“an Stelle” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - stellvertretend für
Corpus desk
Index DE-an-stelle · an Stelle · German
an Stelle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | an Stelle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [anˈʃtɛlə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „an Stelle“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
an Stelle is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [anˈʃtɛlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "stellvertretend für".
Zero misspellings are on record for an Stelle in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is an Stelle, spelled A-N- -S-T-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1stellvertretend für
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how an Stelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die weiten Steinflächen an Stelle der Mosaiken wirken schon in der virtuellen Welt mehr als öde.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.