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von selbst — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • automatically adverb In a way that happens by itself, without a person having to control or think about it.
  • itself pron Used to refer back to a thing that is both the subject and the object of the same action.

Senses

von selbst is used for these senses in English:

itself — full definition

  1. pron Used to refer back to a thing that is both the subject and the object of the same action.
  2. pron Used for emphasis, to stress that something acted alone or that a quality applies purely to the thing named.

Related German words