Selfie

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from English selfie.

Pronunciation

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

Selfie n or (less common) m (strong, genitive Selfies or Selfie, plural Selfies)

  1. (informal, neologism) selfie
    • 2024 April 4, Sophie Neukam, quoting Raffaela Raab, “Diese Frau lässt einen nicht mehr los”, in Die Zeit, page 29:
      Doch Raab ist sich sicher: »Die meisten in dieser Generation würden auch mit Hitler ein Selfie machen.«
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of Selfie
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

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