Polyglot Dictionary

selbst

/zɛlpst/

adverb, pronoun A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

adve Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. myself, yourself, itself, etc. (emphatic)

    The root behind the whole Selbst- family: Selbstbewusstsein, Selbstvertrauen.

    • Ich habe es selbst gemacht.

      I made it myself.

  2. even

    • Selbst er hat es nicht gewusst.

      Even he didn't know it.

See also

adverbpronouncore-vocabularytwo-meanings

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