Atemmaske
[ˈaːtəmˌmaskə]
The verdict
“Atemmaske” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - über dem Mund angebrachte Maske zur Versorgung eines Menschen mit Sauerstoff, Anästhetika oder Ähnliches
Corpus desk
Index DE-atemmaske · Atemmaske · German
Atemmaske · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Atemmaske |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaːtəmˌmaskə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Atemmaske“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Atemmaske is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaːtəmˌmaskə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Atemmaske doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Atemmaske, spelled A-T-E-M-M-A-S-K-E.
Definition
- 1über dem Mund angebrachte Maske zur Versorgung eines Menschen mit Sauerstoff, Anästhetika oder Ähnliches
- 2vor dem Mund angebrachte Maske zum Schutz vor gesundheitsgefährdenden Stoffen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Atemmaske appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[Anja Blacha:] „2019 stand sie (ohne Atemmaske) als erste deutsche Bergsteigerin auf dem K2, dem mit 8611 Metern zweithöchsten Berg der Erde.“
[Coronapandemie 2020:] „Mehrere Textilunternehmen haben ihre Produktion kurzfristig umgestellt. Statt Unterwäsche oder Poloshirts stellen sie jetzt Atemmasken her.“
Synonyms
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.