selbst
particle · /zɛlpst/ ·Etymology
With excrescent -t (same: eins > einst, su(n)s > sonst etc.) fossilized from the neutral gendered Middle High German sëlbes, from the Old High German pronoun selb, selbo, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- (“one's own”), from *s(w)e- (“separate, apart”). Compare Low German sulv, Dutch zelf, English self, Danish selv.
Translation
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personally, by oneself
Du hast es selbst zugegeben.
You yourself admitted it.
Der Mann selbst hat uns es gesagt.
The man himself (personally) told us.