Atlas
German, noun/ˈatlas/
Atlas is spelled A-T-L-A-S (5 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written German, the 11,619th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atlas is a German masculine noun meaning “atlas (bound collection of maps)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein schweres, hoch glänzendes Seidengewebe, Satin”.
What does Atlas mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineatlas (bound collection of maps)
- 2
masculineatlas (bound collection of tables, illustrations on any subject)
- 3
masculineatlas (figure of a man used as a column)
noun
- 1
masculineatlas (uppermost vertebra of the neck)
noun
- 1
masculineatlas satin
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein schweres, hoch glänzendes Seidengewebe, Satin
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Atlas
- Atlasses genitive
- Atlanten genitive
- Atlasse dative singular
- Atlassen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Atlas?
- /ˈatlas/
- [ˈatlas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Atlas
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Atlas in German?
Atlas appears 5.4 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).