selige

[ˈzeːˌlɪɡə]

/[ˈzeːˌlɪɡə]/ adj

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The verdict

“selige” is uncommon German (frequency #50,042 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,042
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selig

Corpus desk

Index DE-selige · selige · German

selige · rank #50,042 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,042
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH selektiven

Nearest frequency peer: selektiven (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „selige“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „selige“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for selige
PropertyValue
Headwordselige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈzeːˌlɪɡə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#50,042
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „selige“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).seligefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „selektiven“ (#50,041), „sent“ (#50,043), „selbstbestimmtes“ (#50,040). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „selige“ bei #50,042. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

selige is uncommon German at frequency #50,042 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈzeːˌlɪɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for selige in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is selige, spelled S-E-L-I-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selig
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selig
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selig
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selig
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selig
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selig
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selig
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selig

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "selige"?
"selige" is spelled S-E-L-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzeːˌlɪɡə].
What does "selige" mean?
As an adjective, "selige" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs selig
How do you pronounce "selige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "selige" is [ˈzeːˌlɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "selige" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "selige", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list