Selbstbestätigung
German, noun[ˈzɛlpstbəˌʃtɛːtiɡʊŋ]
Selbstbestätigung is spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-B-E-S-T-Ä-T-I-G-U-N-G (17 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 127,251st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Selbstbestätigung is a German feminine noun meaning “self-affirmation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas, das die Einschätzung/Wertung seiner selbst unterstützt sowie das Ergebnis davon”.
What does Selbstbestätigung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineself-affirmation
- 2
feminineself-verification
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. etwas, das die Einschätzung/Wertung seiner selbst unterstützt sowie das Ergebnis davon
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 Selbstbestätigung
- Selbstbestätigungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Selbstbestätigung?
- [ˈzɛlpstbəˌʃtɛːtiɡʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Selbstbestätigung in German?
Selbstbestätigung 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).