selbig
German, pronoun[ˈzɛlbɪç]
selbig is spelled S-E-L-B-I-G (6 letters) and appears about once in every 91 million words in written German, the 602,508th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Selbig is a German pronoun meaning “the same” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der eben Genannte”.
What does selbig mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
the same
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. der eben Genannte
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 selbig
- er ist selbig masculine predicative singular
- sie ist selbig feminine predicative singular
- es ist selbig neuter predicative singular
- sie sind selbig plural predicative
- selbiger masculine nominative singular
- selbige feminine nominative singular
- selbiges neuter nominative singular
- selbigen genitive masculine singular
- selbigem dative masculine singular
- der selbige definite includes-article masculine
- die selbige definite feminine includes-article
- das selbige definite includes-article neuter
- die selbigen definite includes-article nominative
- des selbigen definite genitive includes-article
- der selbigen definite feminine genitive
- dem selbigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce selbig?
- [ˈzɛlbɪç]
- [ˈzɛlbɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is selbig in German?
selbig appears about once in every 91 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).