selbst

Meaning

Particle

personally, by oneself

Adv

even

Concepts

self

even

oneself

yourself

itself

himself

myself

thyself

personal

personally

by oneself

-self

alone

on one’s own

herself

ourselves

themselves

yourselves

private

one’s own interests

throughout the body

for one’s self

me

person himself

adept

as one would expect

clever

expectations

good

equal

identical

same

really

entire

by myself

not even

all the same

anyhow

anyway

just the same

nevertheless

in person

-selfmyself

Pronounced as (IPA)

/zɛlpst/

Etymology

With excrescent -t (same: eins > einst, su(n)s > sonst etc.) fossilized from the nonfeminine genitive singular Middle High German sëlbes, from the Old High German pronoun selb, selbo, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- (“one's own”), from *s(w)e- (“separate, apart”). Compare Low German sulv, Dutch zelf, English self, Danish selv.

Sentences

England kann sehr viel mehr für Europa tun als es selbst glaubt .

The United Kingdom can bring much more than it believes it can to Europe.

Es ist doch immer wieder interessant , sich mit Leuten zu unterhalten , die komplett anders sind als man selbst .

It is always interesting to talk to people who are completely different from yourself.

Der Gast durfte nicht selbst antworten , sondern nur nicken oder den Kopf schütteln .

The guest was not allowed to answer themselves, but only nod or shake their head.

Das Grab selbst eng und überwölbt.

The tomb itself is narrow and arched.

Sich selbst legte Maria dabei auf keine Konfession fest .

Mary did not commit herself to any denomination.

Als Zocha sieben Jahre alt war , erschoss sein Vater seine Mutter und sich selbst .

When Zocha was seven years old, his father shot his mother and himself.

Oesterreich selbst hat sich nicht dazu geäußert .

Austria itself has not commented on this.

Jetzt ist der Schreiberling selbst überarbeitet .

Now the scribe himself is revised.