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statt

instead of

preposition SHTAT Common
Grammar & Structure Prepositions

Usage Note

statt (also anstatt) governs the genitive, so you say statt des Autos ('instead of the car'). With an infinitive it forms statt zu ('instead of doing'), and don't confuse it with the unrelated noun die Stadt ('city'), which sounds identical.

Examples

"Wir nehmen Tee statt Kaffee."

Natural Translation

We'll have tea instead of coffee.

Literal Translation

We take tea instead-of coffee.

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