Selfie

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English selfie. Cognate literally with German Selbchen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛlfi/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈzɛlfi(ː)/

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Noun

Selfie n (strong, genitive Selfies, plural Selfies)

1. (informal, mobile telephony, neologism) selfie

Declension

Declension of Selfie [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Selfie	die	Selfies
genitive	eines	des	Selfies	der	Selfies
dative	einem	dem	Selfie	den	Selfies
accusative	ein	das	Selfie	die	Selfies

Related terms

• Selfiestick

Further reading

• “Selfie” in Duden online
• “Selfie” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache