Sie selbst — meaning in English
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English meaning
- herself pron Used to refer back to a female subject already mentioned in the sentence.
- yourself pronoun Refers back to the person being spoken to, when they are both the doer and the receiver of an action.
- yourselves pron You (plural), used to intensify the subject as the group addressed.
Senses
Sie selbst is used for these senses in English:
- herself (emphatic) She; an intensifier of the female subject or object, often used to indicate the directness or exclusiveness of that person .
- yourselves (reflexive pronoun) Inflection of you (plural) used as the object of a verb or non-locative preposition in a clause whose subject is the same (the people addressed).
- yourselves (emphatic) You (plural), used to intensify the subject as the group addressed.
herself — full definition
- pron Used to refer back to a female subject already mentioned in the sentence.
- pron Used to emphasize that a woman did something without help or personally.
yourself — full definition
- pronoun Refers back to the person being spoken to, when they are both the doer and the receiver of an action.
- pronoun Used for emphasis, to stress that the person did something alone or personally.