selbst — even, by oneself in German
adverbA2
Pronunciation
/zɛlpst/
Quick Facts
Level
A2
Frequency
100/100
Source Rank
#133
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Word Family
Connected forms and compounds detected from the corpus.
Selbst Family6 wordsUnleveled 4A2 1B1 1Noun 3Adjective 2Pronoun 1
Example Sentences
Selbst ich kann singen.
Even I can sing.
Selbst Männer weinen manchmal.
Even men sometimes cry.
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Corpus Neighbors
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first, only, not until
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again
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however, still, nevertheless, after all
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very, completely, entirely, totally, quite
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rund
around, about, approximately
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etwas
somewhat, slightly, a little bit
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wie
how, like, as, such as, what
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so
so, (like) that, this way, as, such
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