selbstgemachter

[ˈzɛlpstɡəˌmaxtɐ]

/[ˈzɛlpstɡəˌmaxtɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“selbstgemachter” is uncommon German (frequency #87,046 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,046
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstgemacht

Corpus desk

Index DE-selbstgemachter · selbstgemachter · German

selbstgemachter · rank #87,046 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,046
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sekundentakt

Nearest frequency peer: Sekundentakt (-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 „selbstgemachter“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for selbstgemachter
PropertyValue
Headwordselbstgemachter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈzɛlpstɡəˌmaxtɐ]
Letters15
Frequency rank#87,046
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „selbstgemachter“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.selbstgemachterfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sekundentakt“ (#87,045), „Selbstheilung“ (#87,047), „Seitenflügel“ (#87,044). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „selbstgemachter“ bei #87,046. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

selbstgemachter is uncommon German at frequency #87,046 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈzɛlpstɡəˌmaxtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for selbstgemachter in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is selbstgemachter, spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-G-E-M-A-C-H-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstgemacht
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstgemacht
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstgemacht
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstgemacht
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstgemacht

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 "selbstgemachter"?
"selbstgemachter" is spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-G-E-M-A-C-H-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɛlpstɡəˌmaxtɐ].
What does "selbstgemachter" mean?
As an adjective, "selbstgemachter" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstgemacht
How do you pronounce "selbstgemachter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "selbstgemachter" is [ˈzɛlpstɡəˌmaxtɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "selbstgemachter" come from?
"selbstgemachter" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list