selbstlose

[ˈzɛlpstˌloːzə]

/[ˈzɛlpstˌloːzə]/ adj

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The verdict

“selbstlose” is uncommon German (frequency #77,310 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,310
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstlos

Corpus desk

Index DE-selbstlose · selbstlose · German

selbstlose · rank #77,310 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,310
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Selbstverstän…

Nearest frequency peer: Selbstverständlichkeiten (+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 „selbstlose“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for selbstlose
PropertyValue
Headwordselbstlose
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈzɛlpstˌloːzə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#77,310
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „selbstlose“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).selbstlosefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Selbstverständlichkeiten“ (#77,311), „sekundenschnelle“ (#77,308), „Sexspiele“ (#77,313). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „selbstlose“ bei #77,310. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

selbstlose is uncommon German at frequency #77,310 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈzɛlpstˌloːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for selbstlose in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is selbstlose, spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-L-O-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstlos
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstlos
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstlos
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstlos
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstlos
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstlos
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstlos
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstlos
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstlos

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 "selbstlose"?
"selbstlose" is spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-L-O-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɛlpstˌloːzə].
What does "selbstlose" mean?
As an adjective, "selbstlose" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selbstlos
How do you pronounce "selbstlose"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "selbstlose" is [ˈzɛlpstˌloːzə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "selbstlose" come from?
"selbstlose" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "selbstlose", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schuldiger#77,293Schimpanse#77,280Schafspelz#77,270staatenlos#77,355

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list