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selber: oneself — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

Quality-approved learning entryAdverbLevel B2

selber

oneself

personally, without another person doing the action for you

IPA/ˈzɛlbɐ/

Primary stress is on sel.

Meaning 1informal · 92%

personally, without another person doing the action for you

Den Schrank habe ich selber aufgebaut.

Sie backt das Brot jeden Sonntag selber.

Versuch zuerst, die Aufgabe selber zu lösen.

selber and selbst are often interchangeable in this sense; selber sounds more conversational.

Use selber to emphasize that the subject personally performs an action; selbst is the more neutral alternative.

Choose one answer.

What does Ich mache das selber mean?

selber is a common, slightly more conversational equivalent of selbst when emphasizing that someone personally performs an action.