Noun: zelf
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:
uncountable
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like zelf
groepsimmuniteit,
wintergroen,
nixtamalisatie,
homocultuur,
onbesprokenheid,
sesaté,
sepsis,
sterfelijkheid,
seleen,
stoomkracht,
beeldhouwkunst,
clitoridectomie,
kontlikkerij,
concurrentie,
sardis,
satijn,
militaria,
santen,
staatsterreur,
classicisme, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch self, from Old Dutch self, *selvo, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- (“one's own”), from *s(w)e- (“separate, apart”). Compare Low German sulv, West Frisian self, English self, German selbst, selber, Danish selv. See: English Nouns '
self', German Nouns '
selbst', Danish Nouns '
selv'.
Verbs referencing "zelf"
English Nouns
self.
Translations