Apnoe
[aˈpnoːə]
The verdict
“Apnoe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Atemlähmung, Atemstillstand
Corpus desk
Index DE-apnoe · Apnoe · German
Apnoe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Apnoe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈpnoːə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Apnoe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Apnoe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈpnoːə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Atemlähmung, Atemstillstand".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Apnoe in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Apnoe, spelled A-P-N-O-E.
Definition
- 1Atemlähmung, Atemstillstand
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Apnoe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ebenso wird das willentliche Anhalten der Atmung als Atemstillstand bzw. Apnoe bezeichnet.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.