anstelle
German, preposition[anˈʃtɛlə]
anstelle is spelled A-N-S-T-E-L-L-E (8 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,698th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anstelle is a German preposition meaning “instead of, in place of” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular dependent present of anstellen.
What does anstelle mean in English?
preposition
- 1
instead of, in place of
In bildlichen Darstellungen erscheint Tages mit zwei Schlangen anstelle seiner Beine.
adverb
- 1
instead
verb
- 1
first-person singular dependent present
- 2
first/third-person singular dependent subjunctive I
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. stellvertretend für
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of anstelle
- an Stelle alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anstelle?
- [anˈʃtɛlə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is anstelle in German?
anstelle appears 13 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).