selbstlos
German, adjective[ˈzɛlpstˌloːs]
selbstlos is spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-L-O-S (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 41,722nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Selbstlos is a German adjective meaning “selfless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Wohlergehen anderer über das eigene stellend”.
What does selbstlos mean in English?
adjective
- 1
selfless
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. das Wohlergehen anderer über das eigene stellend
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 selbstlos
- selbstloser masculine nominative singular
- am selbstlosesten superlative
- selbstlose feminine nominative singular
- selbstloses neuter nominative singular
- selbstlosen genitive masculine singular
- selbstlosem dative masculine singular
- der selbstlose definite includes-article masculine
- die selbstlose definite feminine includes-article
- das selbstlose definite includes-article neuter
- die selbstlosen definite includes-article nominative
- des selbstlosen definite genitive includes-article
- der selbstlosen definite feminine genitive
- dem selbstlosen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce selbstlos?
- [ˈzɛlpstˌloːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to selbstlos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is selbstlos in German?
selbstlos appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).