instéet

Cimbrian

Etymology

Compare English instead, German anstatt. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

instéet

1. (Sette Comuni) instead

   Ar hötte gahàt so mègalan dòi, instéet hàttar gamèghelt d'àndar.

   He was supposted to marry this woman; instead he married the other.

Related terms

• stéenan

Further reading

• “instéet” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo