atmen
German, verb
atmen is spelled A-T-M-E-N (5 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,647th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atmen is a German verb meaning “to breathe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Atmen is a different word: “gerund of atmen; breathing”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Luft in die Lunge und wieder hinauspumpen”.
What does atmen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to breathe
noun
- 1
neutergerund of atmen; breathing
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Luft in die Lunge und wieder hinauspumpen 2. eine Stimmung wahrnehmen, erspüren
noun: 1. Vorgang, bei dem ein Lebewesen Luft in die Atmungsorgane einsaugt und verbrauchte Luft ausstößt
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 atmen
- atmet present singular third-person
- atmete past
- geatmet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- atmend participle present
- atme first-person indicative present
- atmest indicative present second-person
- atmeten first-person indicative plural
- atmetest indicative preterite second-person
- atmetet indicative plural preterite
- habe geatmet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geatmet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- athmen obsolete
- atme! imperative singular
- atmet! imperative plural
- geatmet haben active infinitive perfect
- geatmet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- geatmet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to atmen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is atmen in German?
atmen appears 11 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).