Selbstentzündung
German, noun[ˈzɛlpstʔɛntˌt͡sʏndʊŋ]
Selbstentzündung is spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-E-N-T-Z-Ü-N-D-U-N-G (16 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 78,979th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Selbstentzündung is a German feminine noun meaning “autoignition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Beginn einer Verbrennung durch sich selbst und ohne äußere Einflüsse”.
What does Selbstentzündung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineautoignition
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Beginn einer Verbrennung durch sich selbst und ohne äußere Einflüsse
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 Selbstentzündung
- Selbstentzündungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Selbstentzündung?
- [ˈzɛlpstʔɛntˌt͡sʏndʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Selbstentzündung in German?
Selbstentzündung 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).