selbstsicher
German, adjective/ˈzɛlpstˌzɪçɐ/
selbstsicher is spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-S-I-C-H-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 46,552nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Selbstsicher is a German adjective meaning “self-confident” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich in seinem eigenen Auftreten, seinen Handlungen etc. sicher sein, von diesen überzeugt sein…”.
What does selbstsicher mean in English?
adjective
- 1
self-confident
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sich in seinem eigenen Auftreten, seinen Handlungen etc. sicher sein, von diesen überzeugt sein, Selbstsicherheit besitzen
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 selbstsicher
- selbstsicherer masculine nominative singular
- selbstsichrer comparative
- am selbstsichersten superlative
- selbstsichere feminine nominative singular
- selbstsicheres neuter nominative singular
- selbstsicheren genitive masculine singular
- selbstsicherem dative masculine singular
- der selbstsichere definite includes-article masculine
- die selbstsichere definite feminine includes-article
- das selbstsichere definite includes-article neuter
- die selbstsicheren definite includes-article nominative
- des selbstsicheren definite genitive includes-article
- der selbstsicheren definite feminine genitive
- dem selbstsicheren dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce selbstsicher?
- /ˈzɛlpstˌzɪçɐ/
- [ˈzɛlpstˌzɪçɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to selbstsicher
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is selbstsicher in German?
selbstsicher 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).