anstatt
instead of
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Example
Anstatt zu warten, habe ich angerufen.
Instead of waiting, I called.
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Lass uns da sitzen anstatt hier.
Instead of sitting here, let's sit over there.
Entweder du oder ich muss anstatt seiner gehen.
Either you or I must go in his place.