Selbstbildnis

[ˈzɛlpstˌbɪltnɪs]

/[ˈzɛlpstˌbɪltnɪs]/ noun

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The verdict

“Selbstbildnis” is uncommon German (frequency #66,682 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,682
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Darstellung derjenigen Person, die diese Darstellung hergestellt hat

Corpus desk

Index DE-selbstbildnis · Selbstbildnis · German

Selbstbildnis · rank #66,682 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,682
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Selbstbeteili…

Nearest frequency peer: Selbstbeteiligung (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Selbstbildnis“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Selbstbildnis“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Selbstbildnis
PropertyValue
HeadwordSelbstbildnis
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈzɛlpstˌbɪltnɪs]
Letters13
Frequency rank#66,682
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Selbstbildnis“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Selbstbildnisfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Selbstbeteiligung“ (#66,681), „selected“ (#66,683), „selbigem“ (#66,680). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Selbstbildnis“ bei #66,682. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Selbstbildnis is uncommon German at frequency #66,682 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɛlpstˌbɪltnɪs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Darstellung derjenigen Person, die diese Darstellung hergestellt hat".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Selbstbildnis, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Selbstbildnis, spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-B-I-L-D-N-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Darstellung derjenigen Person, die diese Darstellung hergestellt hat

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Selbstbildnis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Porträtmalerin Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun fertigte 37 Selbstbildnisse an.
  2. Die Ausstellung zeigt ein kleinformatiges Selbstbildnis mit Hut und Zigarette.

Synonyms

AutoporträtSelbstporträt

This word in other languages

self-portrait(English)autorretrato(Español)autoportrait(Français)

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 "Selbstbildnis"?
"Selbstbildnis" is spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-B-I-L-D-N-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɛlpstˌbɪltnɪs].
What does "Selbstbildnis" mean?
As a noun, "Selbstbildnis" means: Darstellung derjenigen Person, die diese Darstellung hergestellt hat
How do you pronounce "Selbstbildnis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Selbstbildnis" is [ˈzɛlpstˌbɪltnɪs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Selbstbildnis" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Selbstbildnis", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schüttelfrost#66,679Schwesterchen#66,674Schreiberling#66,667spielerischer#66,710

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list