Stellvertreter
German edit
Etymology edit
17th century, from Stelle (“place”) + vertreten (“to represent, fill in”) + -er (“-er”), probably after French lieutenant, Latin locum tenens.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Stellvertreter m (strong, genitive Stellvertreters, plural Stellvertreter, feminine Stellvertreterin)
- deputy, vicegerent, lieutenant
- Synonyms: Vertreter, Vize, Statthalter
- proxy, representative, agent
- Synonyms: Repräsentant, Bevollmächtigter
- proxy, substitute, surrogate
- Synonyms: Ersatz, Platzhalter
- (software, design) proxy pattern
Declension edit
Declension of Stellvertreter [masculine, strong]
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Stellvertreter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Stellvertreter” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Stellvertreter” in Duden online