Selbstzucht
[ˈzɛlpstˌt͡sʊxt]
The verdict
“Selbstzucht” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - willentliche Beherrschung seiner selbst
Corpus desk
Index DE-selbstzucht · Selbstzucht · German
Selbstzucht · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Selbstzucht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzɛlpstˌt͡sʊxt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Selbstzucht“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Selbstzucht is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɛlpstˌt͡sʊxt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "willentliche Beherrschung seiner selbst".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Selbstzucht, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Selbstzucht, spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-Z-U-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1willentliche Beherrschung seiner selbst
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Selbstzucht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Zweck der Selbstzucht ist es, die Freiheit zu fördern.“
„Militerni, ein Spötter ersten Ranges und Günstling des Marschalls d'Estrées, besaß Verstand und Bildung; aber ihm fehlte die Selbstzucht und vielleicht ein wenig das Feingefühl.“
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.