Itself

German Meaning

selbst

sich

English Meaning

  1. That one identical with it:
  2. Used reflexively as the direct or indirect object of a verb or the object of a preposition: The cat scratched itself.
  3. Used for emphasis: The trouble is in the machine itself.
  4. Used in an absolute construction: Itself no great poem, it still reveals talent.
  5. Its normal or healthy condition or state: The car is acting itself again since we changed the oil.