stellvertretend
German, adjective[ˈʃtɛlfɛɐ̯ˌtʁeːtn̩t]
stellvertretend is spelled S-T-E-L-L-V-E-R-T-R-E-T-E-N-D (15 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written German, the 16,674th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stellvertretend is a German adjective meaning “acting, vicarious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Position (und die damit verbundene Handlung) einer Person einnehmend, wenn diese verhindert ist”.
What does stellvertretend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
acting, vicarious
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. die Position (und die damit verbundene Handlung) einer Person einnehmend, wenn diese verhindert ist
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 stellvertretend
- stellvertretender masculine nominative singular
- stellvertretende feminine nominative singular
- stellvertretendes neuter nominative singular
- stellvertretenden genitive masculine singular
- stellvertretendem dative masculine singular
- der stellvertretende definite includes-article masculine
- die stellvertretende definite feminine includes-article
- das stellvertretende definite includes-article neuter
- die stellvertretenden definite includes-article nominative
- des stellvertretenden definite genitive includes-article
- der stellvertretenden definite feminine genitive
- dem stellvertretenden dative definite includes-article
- den stellvertretenden dative definite includes-article
- stellv. abbreviation
- stv. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce stellvertretend?
- [ˈʃtɛlfɛɐ̯ˌtʁeːtn̩t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to stellvertretend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is stellvertretend in German?
stellvertretend appears 3.3 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).