Selbstbetrug
German, noun[ˈzɛlpstbəˌtʁuːk]
Selbstbetrug is spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-B-E-T-R-U-G (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 85,035th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Selbstbetrug is a German masculine noun meaning “self-deception” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Versuch, sich über sich selbst, sein Leben, seine Bedeutung zu täuschen”.
What does Selbstbetrug mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineself-deception
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Versuch, sich über sich selbst, sein Leben, seine Bedeutung zu täuschen
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 Selbstbetrug
- Selbstbetrugs genitive
- Selbstbetruges genitive
- Selbstbetruge dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Selbstbetrug?
- [ˈzɛlpstbəˌtʁuːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Selbstbetrug in German?
Selbstbetrug appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).