itself
[ɪtˈself]
The verdict
“itself” is uncommon German (frequency #64,391 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,391
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - [es] sich selbst
Corpus desk
Index DE-itself · itself · German
itself · rank #64,391 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,391
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH isn't
Nearest frequency peer: isn't (-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 „itself“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- institution…
institutioneller
35,614 corpus weight
- interaktiver
interaktiver
35,613 corpus weight
- Interferenz
Interferenz
35,612 corpus weight
- isn't
isn't
35,611 corpus weight
- itself
itself
35,610 corpus weight
- itt
itt
35,609 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „itself“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | itself |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | [ɪtˈself] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #64,391 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „itself“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
itself is uncommon German at frequency #64,391 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as apronoun, transcribed [ɪtˈself]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "[es] sich selbst".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for itself, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is itself, spelled I-T-S-E-L-F.
Definition
- 1[es] sich selbst
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how itself appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cleverness often defeats itself.
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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