Selbstbeobachtung
German, noun[ˈzɛlpstbəˌʔoːbaxtʊŋ]
Selbstbeobachtung is spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-B-E-O-B-A-C-H-T-U-N-G (17 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 138,538th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Selbstbeobachtung is a German feminine noun meaning “introspection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Beobachtung von sich selbst, Studieren der eigenen Verhaltensweisen”.
What does Selbstbeobachtung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineintrospection
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Beobachtung von sich selbst, Studieren der eigenen Verhaltensweisen
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 Selbstbeobachtung
- Selbstbeobachtungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Selbstbeobachtung?
- [ˈzɛlpstbəˌʔoːbaxtʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Selbstbeobachtung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Selbstbeobachtung in German?
Selbstbeobachtung appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).