seltsam
German, adjective/ˈzɛltˌzaːm/
seltsam is spelled S-E-L-T-S-A-M (7 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written German, the 3,959th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Seltsam is a German adjective meaning “strange, weird, odd, funny, curious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht normal; merkwürdig, sonderbar”.
What does seltsam mean in English?
adjective
- 1
strange, weird, odd, funny, curious
- 2
obsoleterare, seldom
adverb
- 1
strangely, weirdly, oddly, curiously
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht normal; merkwürdig, sonderbar
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of seltsam
- seltsamer masculine nominative singular
- am seltsamsten superlative
- seltsame feminine nominative singular
- seltsames neuter nominative singular
- seltsamen genitive masculine singular
- seltsamem dative masculine singular
- der seltsame definite includes-article masculine
- die seltsame definite feminine includes-article
- das seltsame definite includes-article neuter
- die seltsamen definite includes-article nominative
- des seltsamen definite genitive includes-article
- der seltsamen definite feminine genitive
- dem seltsamen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce seltsam?
- /ˈzɛltˌzaːm/
- [ˈzɛltzaːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to seltsam
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is seltsam in German?
seltsam appears 20 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).