selv

See also: selv-

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish sialfær, sælf, from Old Norse sjalfr, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz. Cognates include English self and German selbst, selber. The sense "even" is probably influenced by German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛlˀ/, [sɛlˀ]

Pronoun

selv

1. self, -self (on one's own)
2. self, -self (emphatic)

Usage notes

Added after a pronoun or a noun.

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: selv

Adverb

selv

1. even

Etymology 2

From the pronoun selv. Calque of English self (and German Selbst).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛlˀv/, [sɛlˀʋ]

Noun

selv n (singular definite selvet, not used in plural form)

1. self (an individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness)

Declension

Declension of selv

neuter gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	selv	selvet
genitive	selvs	selvets

See also

• selv on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• sjøl

Etymology

From Danish selv, from Old Norse sjalfr, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- (“one's own”), from *s(w)e- (“separate, apart”).

Pronoun

selv

1. (in the singular) myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself

   also as, for example: ham selv (himself)

2. (in the plural) ourselves, yourselves, themselves

Derived terms

Terms derived from selv

• selvangivelse
• selvantenne
• selvbestemmelse
• selvbetjent
• selvbiografi
• selvdisiplinert
• selvforsvar
• selvfølelse
• selvgod
• selvgående

• selvheftende
• selvhjelp (hjelp til selvhjelp)
• selvkritikk
• selvlært
• selvmord
• selvmotsigende
• selvmål
• selv om
• selvportrett

• selvpublisere
• selvpåført
• selvsikker
• selvskading
• selvstyre
• selvstyrende
• selvstyrt
• selvtillit
• selvundersøkelse

Related terms

• selve

See also

• sjølv (Nynorsk)

References

• “selv” in The Bokmål Dictionary.