eigennützig
German, adjective/ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌnʏt͡sɪç/
eigennützig is spelled E-I-G-E-N-N-Ü-T-Z-I-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 110,302nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eigennützig is a German adjective meaning “selfish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf seinen eigenen Vorteil bedacht”.
What does eigennützig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
selfish
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. auf seinen eigenen Vorteil bedacht
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of eigennützig
- eigennütziger masculine nominative singular
- am eigennützigsten superlative
- eigennützige feminine nominative singular
- eigennütziges neuter nominative singular
- eigennützigen genitive masculine singular
- eigennützigem dative masculine singular
- der eigennützige definite includes-article masculine
- die eigennützige definite feminine includes-article
- das eigennützige definite includes-article neuter
- die eigennützigen definite includes-article nominative
- des eigennützigen definite genitive includes-article
- der eigennützigen definite feminine genitive
- dem eigennützigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce eigennützig?
- /ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌnʏt͡sɪç/
- /-ˌnʏt͡sɪk/
- [ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌnʏt͡sɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is eigennützig in German?
eigennützig appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).