selbständiges
[ˈzɛlpʃtɛndɪɡəs]
The verdict
“selbständiges” is uncommon German (frequency #51,677 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,677
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs selbständig
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | selbständiges |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈzɛlpʃtɛndɪɡəs] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #51,677 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “selbständiges” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
selbständiges is uncommon German at frequency #51,677 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈzɛlpʃtɛndɪɡəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
selbständiges has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 selbständiges, spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-Ä-N-D-I-G-E-S.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs selbständig
- 2Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs selbständig
- 3Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs selbständig
- 4Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs selbständig
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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Using “selbständiges”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-E-L-B-S-T-Ä-N-D-I-G-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.