Declension of German noun Selbst with plural and article

The declension of the noun Selbst (self, oneself) is in singular genitive Selbst and in the plural nominative -. The noun Selbst is declined with the declension endings -/-. It does not form plurals. The voice of Selbst is neutral and the article "das". Here you can not only inflect Selbst but also all German nouns. The noun is part of the thesaurus of Zertifikat Deutsch respectivly Level C2. Comments

C2 · noun · neutral · irregular · -, -

das Selbst

Selbst · -

Endings -/-   Dative plural without additional 'n'   Only singular  

English self, oneself

/zɛlbst/ · /zɛlbst/

die eigene Person in ihrer Gesamtheit; Ego, Ich

» Unsere Ideale sind unser besseres Selbst . English Our ideals are our better selves.

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Declension of Selbst in singular and plural in all cases

Singular

Nom. dasSelbst
Gen. desSelbst
Dat. demSelbst
Acc. dasSelbst

Plural

Nom. -
Gen. -
Dat. -
Acc. -

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Example sentences for Selbst


  • Unsere Ideale sind unser besseres Selbst . 
    English Our ideals are our better selves.
  • In der Selbstreflexion objektivieren wir unser Selbst . 
    English In self-reflection, we objectify our self.
  • Das eigene Selbst sollte man nicht vernachlässigen. 
    English One should not neglect one's own self.
  • Schweigen ist die zweckmäßigste Haltung für den, der sich seiner selbst nicht sicher ist. 
    English Silence is the most appropriate attitude for one who is not sure of himself.
  • Ich beschwor mich, alle Verantwortung abzugeben, meinen Willen und meine Körperspannung auf null zu reduzieren und mich bis zum letzten Fitzel meines Selbst in die Hände dieser Männer zu begeben. 
    English I vowed to relinquish all responsibility, reduce my will and body tension to zero, and surrender myself to the last fragment of my self into the hands of these men.

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Translation of German Selbst


German Selbst
English self, oneself
Russian сам, себя
Spanish propio ser, uno mismo, yo
French soi, soi-même
Turkish benlik, kendi
Portuguese a própria pessoa, o próprio, si mesmo
Italian sé, io, stesso
Romanian sine, însuși
Hungarian önmag
Polish ja, jaźń, samo
Greek εαυτός
Dutch zelf, eigen persoon, ik
Czech já, jáství, osoba
Swedish ego, själv
Danish ego, jeg, selv
Japanese 自己, 自分
Catalan jo, un mateix
Finnish oma itse
Norwegian seg selv
Basque ni, norberaren
Serbian sama, sama osoba
Macedonian себе
Slovenian lastna oseba, sebe
Slowakisch sám, vlastná osoba
Bosnian sama, sama osoba
Croatian jastvo, sama, sama osoba
Ukrainian власна особа, себе
Bulgarian себе си
Belorussian асабіста, сабе
Indonesian diri
Vietnamese bản thân
Uzbek o'zlik
Hindi स्वयं
Chinese 自己
Thai ตัวเอง
Korean 자아
Azerbaijani öz
Georgian საკუთარი თავი
Bengali নিজ
Albanian vetja
Marathi स्वतः
Nepali आत्मा
Telugu స్వయం
Latvian pašība
Tamil சுயம்
Estonian ise
Armenian ինքն
Kurdish xwe
Hebrewעצמי
Arabicالذات، ذات
Persianخود، شخصیت خود، خویش
Urduخود

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Meanings and synonyms of Selbst

  • die eigene Person in ihrer Gesamtheit, Ego, Ich

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Declension forms of Selbst

Summary of all declension forms of the noun Selbst in all cases


The declension of Selbst as a table with all forms in singular (singular) and plural (plural) and in all four cases nominative (1st case), genitive (2nd case), dative (3rd case) and accusative (4th case). Especially for German learners the correct declension of the word Selbst is crucial.

Declension Selbst

Singular Plural
Nom. das Selbst -
Gen. des Selbst -
Dat. dem Selbst -
Acc. das Selbst -

Declension Selbst

  • Singular: das Selbst, des Selbst, dem Selbst, das Selbst
  • Plural: -, -, -, -

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