Selbstlaut
German, noun/ˈzɛlps(t)ˌlaʊ̯t/
Selbstlaut is spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-L-A-U-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written German, the 535,730th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Selbstlaut is a German masculine noun meaning “vowel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(Sprach-)Laut, der für sich allein gesprochen und als Silbengipfel verwendet werden kann”.
What does Selbstlaut mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevowel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Sprach-)Laut, der für sich allein gesprochen und als Silbengipfel verwendet werden kann
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 Selbstlaut
- Selbstlautes genitive
- Selbstlauts genitive
- Selbstlaute plural
- Selbstlauten dative definite plural
- Selbstlauter alternative dated
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Selbstlaut?
- /ˈzɛlps(t)ˌlaʊ̯t/
- [ˈzɛlpstˌlaʊ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Selbstlaut
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Selbstlaut in German?
Selbstlaut appears about once in every 74 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).