atmen

/[ˈaːtmən]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,630

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

atmen is aGermanverb. It means: Luft in die Lunge und wieder hinauspumpen Pronounced [ˈaːtmən]. It ranks #6,630 in German word frequency. Often confused with Auen and Atze.

Key facts for atmen
PropertyValue
Headwordatmen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaːtmən]
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,630
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of atmen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for atmen is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaːtmən]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,630 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for atmen, with forms such as "amten", "atemn", and "atmenn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Auen", "Atze", "Augen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is atmen, spelled A-T-M-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Luft in die Lunge und wieder hinauspumpen
  2. 2
    eine Stimmung wahrnehmen, erspüren

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amten,atemn,atmenn,atmmen,atmne,attmen,tamen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for atmen

Misspelling Variants of "atmen"

amten5atemn5atmenn6atmmen6atmne5attmen6tamen5
Misspelling Variants of "atmen"

Frequency rank: #6,630 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "atmen"?
"atmen" is spelled A-T-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaːtmən].
What does "atmen" mean?
As a verb, "atmen" means: Luft in die Lunge und wieder hinauspumpen
What words are commonly confused with "atmen"?
"atmen" is commonly confused with "Auen", "Atze", "Augen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "atmen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "atmen" is [ˈaːtmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "atmen" come from?
"atmen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter A in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.