Selbstbiographie
[ˈzɛlpstbioɡʁaˌfiː]
The verdict
“Selbstbiographie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lebensbeschreibung einer Person, die von dieser Person selbst verfasst wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-selbstbiographie · Selbstbiographie · German
Selbstbiographie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Selbstbiographie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzɛlpstbioɡʁaˌfiː] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Selbstbiographie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Selbstbiographie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɛlpstbioɡʁaˌfiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lebensbeschreibung einer Person, die von dieser Person selbst verfasst wird".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Selbstbiographie in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Selbstbiographie, spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-B-I-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-E.
Definition
- 1Lebensbeschreibung einer Person, die von dieser Person selbst verfasst wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Selbstbiographie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Denn im Grunde spricht Busch in dieser flüchtigen Selbstbiographie nur aus, was er in Briefen schon oft angedeutet hatte.“
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.