anstatt
German, preposition/ʔan.ʼʃtat/
anstatt is spelled A-N-S-T-A-T-T (7 letters) and appears 33 times per million words in written German, the 2,499th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anstatt is a German preposition meaning “instead of” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does anstatt mean in English?
conjunction
- 1
instead of
Anstatt mich anzurufen, ging er mit seinen Freunden ins Kino.
preposition
- 1
instead of
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
conjunction: 1. bestimmt ein Geschehen, dessen Eintreten zwar wahrscheinlicher gewesen wäre, das sich jedoch trotzdem nicht ereignet hat 2. adversative Subjunktion: 3. gleiche Bedeutung wie [1]
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 anstatt?
- /ʔan.ʼʃtat/
- [anˈʃtat]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anstatt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anstatt in German?
anstatt appears 33 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).