Selbsterhaltungstrieb
[ˈzɛlpstʔɛɐ̯haltʊŋsˌtʁiːp]
The verdict
“Selbsterhaltungstrieb” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - innerer Drang, unter allen Umständen seine Existenz zu bewahren
Corpus desk
Index DE-selbsterhaltungstrieb · Selbsterhaltungstrieb · German
Selbsterhaltungstrieb · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 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 | Selbsterhaltungstrieb |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzɛlpstʔɛɐ̯haltʊŋsˌtʁiːp] |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Selbsterhaltungstrieb“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Selbsterhaltungstrieb is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɛlpstʔɛɐ̯haltʊŋsˌtʁiːp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "innerer Drang, unter allen Umständen seine Existenz zu bewahren".
No misspelling variants are generated for Selbsterhaltungstrieb in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Selbsterhaltungstrieb, spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-E-R-H-A-L-T-U-N-G-S-T-R-I-E-B.
Definition
- 1innerer Drang, unter allen Umständen seine Existenz zu bewahren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Selbsterhaltungstrieb appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Hoffnung ist eine der stärksten Triebfedern des Lebens und in Grenzfällen sogar mit dem Selbsterhaltungstrieb identifizierbar.“
„Manche schließlich marschierten aus einem merkwürdigen Selbsterhaltungstrieb geradewegs in die psychiatrische Klinik.“
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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.