Selbstsicherheit

/[ˈzɛlpstzɪçɐhaɪ̯t]/ noun

Letters

16 characters

Frequency Rank

#55,706

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Selbstsicherheit is aGermannoun. It means: Eigenschaft, sich seiner Kräfte und Fähigkeiten sicher sein Pronounced [ˈzɛlpstzɪçɐhaɪ̯t].

Key facts for Selbstsicherheit
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HeadwordSelbstsicherheit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈzɛlpstzɪçɐhaɪ̯t]
Letters16
Frequency rank#55,706
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Selbstsicherheit in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Selbstsicherheit is 16 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzɛlpstzɪçɐhaɪ̯t]. Corpus data places it at rank #55,706 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Eigenschaft, sich seiner Kräfte und Fähigkeiten sicher sein".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Selbstsicherheit in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Selbstsicherheit, spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-S-I-C-H-E-R-H-E-I-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Eigenschaft, sich seiner Kräfte und Fähigkeiten sicher sein

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Frequency rank: #55,706 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Selbstsicherheit"?
"Selbstsicherheit" is spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-S-I-C-H-E-R-H-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɛlpstzɪçɐhaɪ̯t].
What does "Selbstsicherheit" mean?
As a noun, "Selbstsicherheit" means: Eigenschaft, sich seiner Kräfte und Fähigkeiten sicher sein
How do you pronounce "Selbstsicherheit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Selbstsicherheit" is [ˈzɛlpstzɪçɐhaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Selbstsicherheit" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.