vielmehr
/fiːlˈmeːɐ̯/
adverb
B2
der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Meaning
Similar words
Close synonyms for "instead/rather"; vielmehr corrects a previous statement ("not X, rather Y"), stattdessen simply substitutes one thing for another.
Practice
1 What does vielmehr mean?
rather, on the contrary
2 Fill the gap: Er war nicht müde, ___ voller Energie.
Full sentence: Er war nicht müde, vielmehr voller Energie. (He wasn't tired, rather full of energy.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches vielmehr?
vielmehr: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.
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