Selbstaufopferung
German, noun[ˈzɛlpstʔaʊ̯fˌʔɔp͡fəʁʊŋ]
Selbstaufopferung is spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-A-U-F-O-P-F-E-R-U-N-G (17 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 125,379th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Selbstaufopferung is a German feminine noun meaning “self-sacrifice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Bereitschaft, sich ohne Rücksicht auf eigene Bedürfnisse einer bestimmten Aufgabe gänzlich hinzugeben”.
What does Selbstaufopferung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineself-sacrifice
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bereitschaft, sich ohne Rücksicht auf eigene Bedürfnisse einer bestimmten Aufgabe gänzlich hinzugeben
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 Selbstaufopferung
- Selbstaufopferungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Selbstaufopferung?
- [ˈzɛlpstʔaʊ̯fˌʔɔp͡fəʁʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Selbstaufopferung in German?
Selbstaufopferung appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).