selbstironisch
[ˈzɛlpstʔiˌʁoːnɪʃ]
The verdict
“selbstironisch” is uncommon German (frequency #69,688 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,688
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ironisch gegenüber sich selbst, sich selbst ironisierend
Corpus desk
Index DE-selbstironisch · selbstironisch · German
selbstironisch · rank #69,688 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,688
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sendungsverfo…
Nearest frequency peer: Sendungsverfolgung (+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 „selbstironisch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- sehenswerter
sehenswerter
30,317 corpus weight
- Seim
Seim
30,316 corpus weight
- Seitenwänden
Seitenwänden
30,315 corpus weight
- selbstironi…
selbstironisch
30,313 corpus weight
- Sendungsver…
Sendungsverfolgung
30,312 corpus weight
- serielle
serielle
30,311 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „selbstironisch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | selbstironisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈzɛlpstʔiˌʁoːnɪʃ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #69,688 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „selbstironisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
selbstironisch is uncommon German at frequency #69,688 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈzɛlpstʔiˌʁoːnɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ironisch gegenüber sich selbst, sich selbst ironisierend".
No misspelling variants are generated for selbstironisch in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is selbstironisch, spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-I-R-O-N-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1ironisch gegenüber sich selbst, sich selbst ironisierend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how selbstironisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Selbstironisch und unglaublich lustig schildert die 33-Jährige ihre Erfahrungen mit der Schwangerschaft.“
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.
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