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German preposition · CEFR B1

anstatt

Meaning in English: instead of

Rank 3,995 of 5,000prepositionLevel B1
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Example

Nimm doch Honig anstatt Zucker.

Why not use honey instead of sugar?

How common is anstatt?

anstatt is number 3,995 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 21 times per million words — about once every 48,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 3,991die Fassungversion, composure, frame
  2. 3,992der DonnerstagabendThursday evening
  3. 3,993Websiteswebsites
  4. 3,994effektiveffective
  5. 3,995anstattinstead of
  6. 3,996einzelnerindividual, single (inflected)
  7. 3,997weltweitenworldwide, global
  8. 3,998gelesenread (past participle)
  9. 3,999tollengreat, wonderful

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