yourself
your·self/jəˈsɛlf/pronoun
yourself is spelled Y-O-U-R-S-E-L-F: 8 letters and 2 syllables (your·self). It appears 204 times per million words in written English, the 494th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a pronoun, yourself means “Your own self (singular)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in yourself?
| Letters | 8: Y-O-U-R-S-E-L-F |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: your·self |
| In writing | 204 times per million words; the 494th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is yourself?
Yourself appears 204 times per million words in written English, the 494th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce yourself?
- /jəˈsɛlf/
- /jɔːˈsɛlf/
- /jʊəˈsɛlf/
Yourself has 2 syllables, split your·self in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Back_ache-yourself.wav, En-us-yourself.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of yourself
- you
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does yourself mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
pronoun
- 1
Your own self (singular).
Be careful with that fire or you'll burn yourself.
- 2
You (singular); used emphatically, especially to indicate exclusiveness of the referent's participation in the predicate, i.e., that no one else is involved.
You yourself know that what you wrote was wrong.
- 3
IrelandproscribedYou (singular); even when "you" has not been used previously; see usage notes.
I spoke with yourself last in February.
pronoun
- 1
Honorific alternative letter-case form of yourself, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Yourself in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | te, vous , toi-même, vous-même |
| German | dich, dich selbst, sich, sich selbst |
| Portuguese | te, se , você/tu mesmo |
| Spanish | te, ti, se, ti mismo (tuteo), ti misma (tuteo), vos mismo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does yourself come from?
From Middle English yourself, equivalent to your + -self.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).