atque

conj

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The verdict

“atque” is uncommon German (frequency #93,959 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a conjunction. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,959
frequency rank, German
113,935
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - und auch, und dazu

Key facts for atque
PropertyValue
Headwordatque
LanguageGerman
Part of speechConjunction
Letters5
Frequency rank#93,959
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “atque” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). atque lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

atque is uncommon German at frequency #93,959 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as aconjunction. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for atque in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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 borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is atque, spelled A-T-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    und auch, und dazu
  2. 2
    und sogar, und besonders
  3. 3
    und zwar
  4. 4
    sondern
  5. 5
    und so, und daher
  6. 6
    und wirklich
  7. 7
    wie
  8. 8
    als
  9. 9
    als

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "atque"?
"atque" is spelled A-T-Q-U-E.
What does "atque" mean?
As a conjunction, "atque" means: und auch, und dazu
What language does "atque" come from?
"atque" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “atque”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is A-T-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list