Selbstlosigkeit
German, noun[ˈzɛlpstloːzɪçkaɪ̯t]
Selbstlosigkeit is spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-L-O-S-I-G-K-E-I-T (15 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 87,510th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Selbstlosigkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “selflessness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Einstellung, das Wohlergehen anderer über das eigene zu stellen; großherzige Haltung”.
What does Selbstlosigkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineselflessness
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Einstellung, das Wohlergehen anderer über das eigene zu stellen; großherzige Haltung
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 Selbstlosigkeit
- Selbstlosigkeiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Selbstlosigkeit?
- [ˈzɛlpstloːzɪçkaɪ̯t]
- [ˈzɛlpstloːzɪkkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Selbstlosigkeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Selbstlosigkeit in German?
Selbstlosigkeit appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).