selfish
[ˈselfɪʃ]
The verdict
“selfish” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eigennützig, selbstsüchtig, egoistisch, selbstisch
Corpus desk
Index DE-selfish · selfish · German
selfish · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | selfish |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈselfɪʃ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „selfish“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
selfish is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈselfɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eigennützig, selbstsüchtig, egoistisch, selbstisch".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for selfish, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is selfish, spelled S-E-L-F-I-S-H.
Definition
- 1eigennützig, selbstsüchtig, egoistisch, selbstisch
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Antonyms
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.