Selbstbesinnung
German, noun/ˈzɛlpstbəzɪnʊŋ/
Selbstbesinnung is spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-B-E-S-I-N-N-U-N-G (15 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written German, the 274,993rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Selbstbesinnung is a German feminine noun meaning “self-reflection, self-contemplation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Selbstbesinnung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineself-reflection, self-contemplation
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Selbstbesinnung
- Selbstbesinnungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Selbstbesinnung?
- /ˈzɛlpstbəzɪnʊŋ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Selbstbesinnung in German?
Selbstbesinnung appears about once in every 23 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).