Selbstlob
German, noun/ˈzɛlpstˌloːp/
Selbstlob is spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-L-O-B (9 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 187,243rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Selbstlob is a German neuter noun meaning “synonym of Eigenlob (“self-praise”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Loben seiner eigenen Taten; die eigenen Handlungen als besonders gut hervorheben”.
What does Selbstlob mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutersynonym of Eigenlob (“self-praise”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Loben seiner eigenen Taten; die eigenen Handlungen als besonders gut hervorheben
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 Selbstlob
- Selbstlobes genitive
- Selbstlobs genitive
- Selbstlobe dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Selbstlob?
- /ˈzɛlpstˌloːp/
- [ˈzɛlpstˌloːp]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Selbstlob in German?
Selbstlob appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).