himself
[hɪmˈself]
The verdict
“himself” is uncommon German (frequency #51,410 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,410
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - [er] sich selbst
Corpus desk
Index DE-himself · himself · German
himself · rank #51,410 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,410
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hilfreichen
Nearest frequency peer: hilfreichen (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „himself“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Hilfestellu…
Hilfestellungen
48,593 corpus weight
- hilfreichen
hilfreichen
48,592 corpus weight
- himself
himself
48,591 corpus weight
- hingekommen
hingekommen
48,590 corpus weight
- hinsieht
hinsieht
48,589 corpus weight
- hinzuziehen
hinzuziehen
48,588 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „himself“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | himself |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | [hɪmˈself] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,410 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „himself“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
himself is uncommon German at frequency #51,410 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as apronoun, transcribed [hɪmˈself]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "[er] sich selbst".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for himself, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is himself, spelled H-I-M-S-E-L-F.
Definition
- 1[er] sich selbst
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how himself appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He was talking to himself.
„When Zahariel awoke, it was to find himself in a gleaming cell of bare metal walls iluminated with a soft, off-white glow that had no obvious source.“
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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