selbstgerecht

[ˈzɛlpstɡəˌʁɛçt]

/[ˈzɛlpstɡəˌʁɛçt]/ adj

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The verdict

“selbstgerecht” is uncommon German (frequency #88,275 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,275
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - stolz auf die (vermeintliche) eigene sittliche und moralische Untadelbarkeit

Corpus desk

Index DE-selbstgerecht · selbstgerecht · German

selbstgerecht · rank #88,275 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,275
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sektionschef

Nearest frequency peer: Sektionschef (-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 „selbstgerecht“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for selbstgerecht
PropertyValue
Headwordselbstgerecht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈzɛlpstɡəˌʁɛçt]
Letters13
Frequency rank#88,275
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „selbstgerecht“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sektionschef“ (#88,274), „Selbstlosigkeit“ (#88,276), „seek“ (#88,273). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „selbstgerecht“ bei #88,275. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

selbstgerecht is uncommon German at frequency #88,275 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈzɛlpstɡəˌʁɛçt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "stolz auf die (vermeintliche) eigene sittliche und moralische Untadelbarkeit".

No misspelling variants are generated for selbstgerecht in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is selbstgerecht, spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-G-E-R-E-C-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    stolz auf die (vermeintliche) eigene sittliche und moralische Untadelbarkeit

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Er ist ein selbstgerechter Mensch.
  2. „Dieser elitäre und selbstgerechte Charakter prägt die nationalistische Bewegung bis heute.“

Antonyms

selbstkritisch

This word in other languages

self-righteous(English)

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 "selbstgerecht"?
"selbstgerecht" is spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-G-E-R-E-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɛlpstɡəˌʁɛçt].
What does "selbstgerecht" mean?
As an adjective, "selbstgerecht" means: stolz auf die (vermeintliche) eigene sittliche und moralische Untadelbarkeit
How do you pronounce "selbstgerecht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "selbstgerecht" is [ˈzɛlpstɡəˌʁɛçt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "selbstgerecht" come from?
"selbstgerecht" 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 "selbstgerecht", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

siebenhundert#88,284splitternackt#88,316Sportvorstand#88,318statistischem#88,326

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list