yourselves
your·selves/jəˈsɛlvz/pronoun
yourselves is spelled Y-O-U-R-S-E-L-V-E-S: 10 letters and 2 syllables (your·selves). It appears 7.2 times per million words in written English, the 8,784th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a pronoun, yourselves means “You (plural), used to intensify the subject as the group addressed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in yourselves?
| Letters | 10: Y-O-U-R-S-E-L-V-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: your·selves |
| In writing | 7.2 times per million words; the 8,784th 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 yourselves?
Yourselves appears 7.2 times per million words in written English, the 8,784th 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 yourselves?
- /jəˈsɛlvz/
- /jɔːˈsɛlvz/
- /jʊəˈsɛlvz/
Yourselves has 2 syllables, split your·selves in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-yourselves2.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-yourselves.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of yourselves
- yourself
- yerselves
- yoselves
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does yourselves mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
pronoun
- 1
Inflection of you (plural) used as the object of a verb or non-locative preposition in a clause whose subject is the same (the people addressed).
You shouldn't blame yourselves.
- 2
You (plural), used to intensify the subject as the group addressed.
You yourselves won’t eat at that restaurant. Why are you recommending it to us?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Yourselves in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vous , vous-mêmes |
| German | Sie selbst, sich, euch , ihr selbst |
| Portuguese | vós/vocês mesmos, vós/vocês mesmas |
| Spanish | se, ustedes mismos , sí mismos, vosotros mismos |
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 yourselves come from?
Morphologically your + -selves.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).