Selbstlosigkeit
[ˈzɛlpstloːzɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Selbstlosigkeit” is uncommon German (frequency #88,276 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,276
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Einstellung, das Wohlergehen anderer über das eigene zu stellen; großherzige Haltung
Corpus desk
Index DE-selbstlosigkeit · Selbstlosigkeit · German
Selbstlosigkeit · rank #88,276 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,276
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH selbstgerecht
Nearest frequency peer: selbstgerecht (-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 „Selbstlosigkeit“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Seehafen
Seehafen
11,729 corpus weight
- seek
seek
11,728 corpus weight
- Sektionschef
Sektionschef
11,727 corpus weight
- selbstgerec…
selbstgerecht
11,726 corpus weight
- Selbstlosig…
Selbstlosigkeit
11,725 corpus weight
- Selektivität
Selektivität
11,724 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Selbstlosigkeit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Selbstlosigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzɛlpstloːzɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #88,276 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Selbstlosigkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Selbstlosigkeit is uncommon German at frequency #88,276 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɛlpstloːzɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Einstellung, das Wohlergehen anderer über das eigene zu stellen; großherzige Haltung".
Selbstlosigkeit has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Selbstlosigkeit, spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-L-O-S-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Einstellung, das Wohlergehen anderer über das eigene zu stellen; großherzige Haltung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Selbstlosigkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nette Menschen üben eine Tugend, die viel gepriesen, aber wenig belohnt wird: Selbstlosigkeit.“
„Bei der Befreiung der Tiere, fehlen diese egoistischen Komponenten, hier sind wir ausschließlich auf menschliche Selbstlosigkeit angewiesen.“
This word in other languages
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Selbstlosigkeit", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).