Selbstüberwindung
[ˈzɛlpstʔyːbɐˌvɪndʊŋ]
The verdict
“Selbstüberwindung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Besiegen der eigenen Hemmungen (zum Beispiel Ängste)
Corpus desk
Index DE-selbstuberwindung · Selbstüberwindung · German
Selbstüberwindung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Selbstüberwindung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzɛlpstʔyːbɐˌvɪndʊŋ] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Selbstüberwindung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Selbstüberwindung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɛlpstʔyːbɐˌvɪndʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Besiegen der eigenen Hemmungen (zum Beispiel Ängste)".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Selbstüberwindung in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Selbstüberwindung, spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-Ü-B-E-R-W-I-N-D-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Besiegen der eigenen Hemmungen (zum Beispiel Ängste)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Selbstüberwindung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bildung bedeutet in diesem Sinn den Versuch einer Selbstüberwindung, gerade auch da, wo sich Schwächen zeigen.“
„Selbstüberwindung bedeutet, den Schmerz der Aufgabe in Kauf zu nehmen und es trotzdem zu tun.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.