själv

From Old Norse sjalfr, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- (“one's own”), from *s(w)e- (“separate, apart”).

IPA^(key): /ɧɛlːv/
- (Southern, predominant in Central Sweden) IPA^(key): [ɧ𝆑ʷɛlːv], [x𝆑ʷ-], [x-]
- (common in North Sweden, variant in Central Sweden) IPA^(key): [ʂɛlːv]
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- (Finland) IPA^(key): [ɕe̞lːv]
Homophone: skälv

själv (neuter självt, plural själva)

oneself, myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself
Jag gjorde det själv ― I did it myself

Kolla dig själv i spegeln ― Look at yourself in the mirror

Used as intensifier in the same way as the English reflexive pronouns myself, yourself, etc. If the subject of the sentence is also object, själv is preceded by the personal pronoun mig, dig, honom, henne, den, sig. If the subject/object is a neuter noun, use instead det självt. For plural persons, use oss/er/dem + själva.
the form självaste is colloquial (SAOL)

själv n

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själv (comparative mer själv, superlative mest själv)

alone, by herself, by himself, by itself, by myself, by oneself, by yourself
Hon var själv ― She was by herself

Hon jobbade själv ― She worked by herself

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