Selbstbehauptung

[ˈzɛlpstbəˌhaʊ̯ptʊŋ]

/[ˈzɛlpstbəˌhaʊ̯ptʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Selbstbehauptung” is uncommon German (frequency #71,835 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,835
frequency rank, German
107,600
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fähigkeit/Haltung, sich selbst, seine Rechte und Unversehrtheit gegen Einschränkung oder Bedrohung zu wahren

Key facts for Selbstbehauptung
PropertyValue
HeadwordSelbstbehauptung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈzɛlpstbəˌhaʊ̯ptʊŋ]
Letters16
Frequency rank#71,835
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Selbstbehauptung” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Selbstbehauptung lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Selbstbehauptung is uncommon German at frequency #71,835 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɛlpstbəˌhaʊ̯ptʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fähigkeit/Haltung, sich selbst, seine Rechte und Unversehrtheit gegen Einschränkung oder Bedrohung zu wahren".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Selbstbehauptung, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Selbstbehauptung, spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-B-E-H-A-U-P-T-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fähigkeit/Haltung, sich selbst, seine Rechte und Unversehrtheit gegen Einschränkung oder Bedrohung zu wahren

Antonyms

MachtlosigkeitNachgiebigkeitResignationUnterlegenheitWehrlosigkeit

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Selbstbehauptung"?
"Selbstbehauptung" is spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-B-E-H-A-U-P-T-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɛlpstbəˌhaʊ̯ptʊŋ].
What does "Selbstbehauptung" mean?
As a noun, "Selbstbehauptung" means: Fähigkeit/Haltung, sich selbst, seine Rechte und Unversehrtheit gegen Einschränkung oder Bedrohung zu wahren
How do you pronounce "Selbstbehauptung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Selbstbehauptung" is [ˈzɛlpstbəˌhaʊ̯ptʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Selbstbehauptung" come from?
"Selbstbehauptung" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Selbstbehauptung”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is S-E-L-B-S-T-B-E-H-A-U-P-T-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈzɛlpstbəˌhaʊ̯ptʊŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list