oneself
[wʌnˈsɛlf]
The verdict
“oneself” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - [man] sich selbst
Corpus desk
Index DE-oneself · oneself · German
oneself · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oneself |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | [wʌnˈsɛlf] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „oneself“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
oneself is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as apronoun, transcribed [wʌnˈsɛlf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "[man] sich selbst".
No generated misspelling entries exist for oneself in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is oneself, spelled O-N-E-S-E-L-F.
Definition
- 1[man] sich selbst
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how oneself appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Teaching oneself to swim can be dangerous.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.